Stories by Susan Crowell

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What policy will help farms succeed?

Today, we want it all: a healthy environment, low taxes, cheap food, profitable agriculture community and a solid rural economy. But if we looked long-term, what is it that would be “worth as much to agriculture 25 years from now” as it is today?

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What organic is and what it isn’t

No two farmers manage their farms the same way — one organic grower could have higher risk of bacterial contamination than another, and the same could be said of a nonorganic grower.

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My blaze of glory in the dairy show ring

Editor Susan Crowell is going to quit her day job and become a professional dairy showman. All someone needs to do is to: a) train her; and b) keep her in M&Ms.

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Geauga County youth cap market livestock project year at sale

Who won grand champion honors at this year’s Geauga County Fair? Find out here.

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Farmers, you could learn a lot from a Twinkie

What can we learn for our own farm’s success from the missteps of Hostess, Kodak and J.C. Penney? Editor Susan Crowell weighs in.

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Ohio State’s new ag dean Bruce McPheron: ‘I’m going home’

For Bruce McPheron, a native of Hardin County, Ohio, the opportunity serve as dean of Ohio State’s ag college was “a chance of a lifetime.”

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2012 Ashtabula County Fair

Scenes from the 2012 Ashtabula County Fair.

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U.S. gets more from rural America than just our farm products

Editor Susan Crowell says we need new uses of agricultural commodities, to keep that new blood and passion to continue to build our rural communities.

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Ohio Agriculture Hall of Fame enshrines Lifer, Myers, Zartman and Moser

This year’s Ohio Ag Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Ohio State Fair.

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2012 Columbiana County Fair photos from Thursday night sale

A few photos from Thursday night’s steer, dairy beef feeder and cheese sales (plus a few others thrown in for good measure).

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Forget Match.com. Bring those singles out to the farm

Short on farm labor? Just create a “working mixer” for singles, says Editor Susan Crowell. (Hey, it worked for a farmer in Idaho!)

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Established in 1791: New barn reinvigorates Rynd farm

Today, the Rynd brothers — Dennis, 65, and Jim, 61, — and Dennis’ son Brooks, 36, can’t imagine farming again like they did in the old tie-stall barn.

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About Susan

Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell has been with the paper since 1985, serving as its editor since 1989. Raised on a farm in Holmes County, she is a graduate of Kent State University. You can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/scrowell and follow Farm and Dairy at http://twitter.com/farmanddairy.