A fair is an opportunity for lessons
Does time fly when you’re having fun, or is it that you’re just so busy you don’t realize where the time went? Either way,...
Ask FSA Andy: The drought and crop insurance
Hello Again!As the weeks roll by, once again the crop year of 2012 seems to be one that will go down in history as...
OSU Extension’s Ag Manager Team has lots of estate planning information
The Ohio Ag Manager Team was started in 2005 by OSU Extension to help Ohio farmers with their farm management questions. Our outreach efforts...
A lesson in belts and their importance to machines
People sometimes ask about flat belts. A belt can be defined as being a continuous strip of some flexible material placed around two pulleys...
Can’t duck crop insurance disaster
Many on Capitol Hill are quick to point out that “If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.”...
Bald eagles are coming back in a strong way
Thirty years ago the sight of a bald eagle got people excited. In Pennsylvania, for example, only three nesting pairs were known in 1982.In...
Zen and the modern camper girl
I am hard pressed to say why I love our camper so. It's a mid-90s model replete with golden oak and pale blue Formica...
Grain markets: There’s no romance when flirting with the high
How bad is the current drought situation down on the farm? Things are so bad that analysts are now talking about 1956 instead of 1988.
Readers know how to write, too
On an early morning bicycle ride I roll past a massive red combine slumbering at the end of a freshly barbered wheat field.<
Restoring confidence in education
"If we aren't agile, if we can't innovate, somebody else will go to the dance in our shoes. The land grant system is a world solution; we should settle for nothing less than world domination." -- Dr. Bruce McPheron.
