Columns

Collectors get chill at rare fan find

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Contributing Writers

With the hot weather of this summer now just a memory, antique columnist Roy Booth starts thinking about fans.

Dairy Excel: Will dairy industry follow trends of poultry and pork livestock sectors?

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Dairy Excel

Author Jim Skeeles writes that he sees the dairy trend following that of poultry and pork – more and more milk being produced by larger herds, with the share of milk produced by small herds dwindling.

Old horse tales continue swishing

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Judith Sutherland

Columnist Judith Sutherland remembers some of her favorite stories from her childhood, which revolve around the horses in her family tree.

Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 31, 2001

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Farm and Dairy Staff

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

Don your grown-up get-ups for Halloween and every day in between

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kym Seabolt has just the Halloween costume suggestion for you adults: How about the “Sensitive Male” get-up, or the “Informed Voter” disguise?

Managing your fall, winter forage

Thursday, October 31, 2002 by Patty Dyer

With this being a unique and challenging year for grazing management, producers need to seriously look at their quantity and quality of stored feed.

Shop ’til you drop your senses

Thursday, October 24, 2002 by Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Columnist Kym Seabolt’s mother never bought a Veg-O-Matic based on the lure of TV commercials, so her daughter is not about to succomb to the lure of the “Perfect Pancake” maker, either.

Good Therapy

Thursday, October 24, 2002 by Laurie Marlatt Steeb

The physical therapy that Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb is undergoing in the wake of a automobile accident is as beneficial for her spirit as it is her physical recovery.

Miss Murphy: It’s just not the same

Thursday, October 24, 2002 by Judith Sutherland

Most dogs are finely tuned to what’s going on in the lives of their owners, and columnist Judie Sutherland’s English Shepherd adds her two cents’ worth this week.

Dairy Channel: Why are dairymen getting squeezed, and will new MILC program help?

Thursday, October 24, 2002 by Dairy Excel

Is the USDA’s new dairy program in the best long-term interest of dairy producers? The answer to that question remains to be seen, but the likely answer is “no.” Is the check welcome this year? Yes. Will it be in 2003? Probably, says district extension specialist Dianne Shoemaker in this week’s Dairy Channel column.