If there is one thing that will get you off your duff, whether or not you feel like it, it is the impending arrival of out-of-town guests.
Suddenly, your reasonably clean house and reasonably tidy barn look filthy, your just-mowed lawn seems to have turned into a hay field, your adequate supply of food and beverage […]

SALEM, Ohio — More details have emerged regarding the financial status of the defunct Pigeon King International and its bankruptcy proceedings.
In a statement of affairs for the company, signed June 26, PKI owner Arlan Galbraith revealed debts of more than $23.5 million owed to breeders and vendors across the U.S. and Canada.
Galbraith revealed owned assets […]

Harrison County 4-H’er Sara Shuss tempts her market hog, Delilah, with a marshmallow.

Like most dairy farmers, Larry Stahl wears many hats: mechanic, nutritionist, vet, animal scientist, agronomist. As a Coshocton County commissioner, he also has another set of hats: negotiator, accountant, judge, CEO, public servant.
Sometimes the two jobs pull him in different directions with competing demands. But in June, he combined the two to offer a special […]

Lines of traffic backed up along the road in the rural area leading to the Blossom Music Center. We should have allowed more travel time. We pulled into the parking area minutes before show time and fast-paced the trek toward the amphitheater.

On the first Saturday night of summer, from the stage of Blossom Music Center, […]

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

Hello again!
The Farm Service Agency has a youth loan program to establish and operate income-producing projects of modest size in connection with their participation in 4-H clubs, FFA, and similar organizations.
Each project must be part of an organized and supervised program of work. The project must be planned and operated with the help of […]

With the summer’s big holiday just ahead and the midpoint of the year just behind, it’s time to empty the office bucket of spleen, venom, anger and an occasional kiss readers vented, hurled, sent and tossed my way.

First, some corrections. “As a farmer and a Spanish teacher, I felt compelled to correct the spelling of […]

This past week has been one in which I have come to realize how very much I should appreciate the freedom I tend to take for granted, and the many blessings of living where I live.

As the nation celebrates Independence Day, two very opposite stories have landed in my lap which opened my eyes to […]

Dear Bonnie Plant Company: I blame you for this.

You sent my third-grader home with an innocuous little plant.

Like kittens, puppies and fluffy white clouds that morph into not-so-cute funnel clouds, your little cabbage was downright darling at first glance.

Who knew the panic it would later entail?

Tiny
My daughter ferried it home from school cradled in her […]