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MacDaddy: It’s a power trip
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Julia Conny is only 19 and she already likes the feeling of power. That is, she likes the power of her 9300 Super Farm pulling tractor, MacDaddy. Conny is one of the few women in the tractor pulling sport. This year, she was also one of the few who received an invitation
Reader encourages ‘yes’ votes on Extension levy
Editor: As our vote goes, so goes our country, state and county. If you don’t vote don’t complain. In the organizations that I belong to decisions are made by those who show up. I believe this is called a democracy. If we elect good people to fill these positions, we should end up with good
Big crowd hears big issues at conservation tillage conference
ADA, Ohio — A record crowd of nearly 1,000 people packed their way into the McIntosh Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University to hear expert discussion on issues as big as the globe. From global warming and climate change policy, to conservation practices and soybean and corn school, it was all part of
Crop recovery is possible: Two Ashtabula County farms produce yields after hail storm
ANDOVER, Ohio — Four months after a hail storm pummeled crop fields in Ashtabula County, the crops are coming off. The feeling among those contacted is that it could have been worse. Farmers affected do know that the crops weren’t a total loss and did overcome the damage. A severe thunderstorm June 25 reportedly dumped
What’s the prognosis on equine limb fractures?
URBANA, Ill. — Up until the 2006 Preakness Stakes, it was nearly set in stone that if a horse breaks a leg, its future is not bright. But then came Barbaro, the thoroughbred predicted to win the Preakness that year. After shattering its right hind limb in several places and undergoing five hours of surgery,
Is Belmont County site a good place for carbon dioxide sequestration?
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, recently released a report on the geology of a potential carbon dioxide sequestration well site in eastern Ohio’s Belmont County.
Hazard A Guess: Week of May 22, 2008
Hello from Hazard! We reach back a few weeks to Item No. 832, because Mary June Crisco from Monterey, Va., just sent in her correct response (hey, not everyone reads the paper as soon as it hits their doorstep). A cook for the Highland County Public Schools, Crisco still uses Item No. 832 every day:
Ready for the manure chronicles?
The caller identified himself as a reporter with the Canton Repository. He was doing a story on two dairy farms that are taking part in a pilot program for onfarm manure treatment, kind of like a municipal sewage treatment plant.
Little in platforms to lure farm vote
Does it matter to farmers who wins in November?
We’d know more if we knew where they stood on the farm issues.
Mother’s Toils and Foils
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the stress of parenthood and why anger management can make it easier.
