News

Portage dairymen salute one of their own

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Susan Crowell

The Portage County Dairy Committee bestowed its Sherman Brockett Honorary Dairyman Award March 6 to Alan Tomlinson and his wife, Tommie in recognition of the couple’s devotion to ag education and dairy promotion. Tomlinson died March 8 of cancer.

Buttons, buttons … ‘billions’ of buttons

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

The Buckeye State Button Society will hold its annual show April 6-8 in Median.

Not a Merestead without Murray Grays

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Former Farm and Dairy Reporters

A farm is not a farm without cattle, or so John Beese thought when he went looking for a breed to bring home in the late 1980s.

Remember basics while searching for your lifelong mate

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

Choosing, rather than finding, a life partner can be well worth the time and effort invested in the process. Part five of our six-part series on relationships discusses the line between a date and a relationship.

Clean homes have sweeping effects

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

A University of Michigan study shows that the cleanliness of the home children grow up in predicts their educational attainment and earnings more than 25 years later.

Farmers encouraged to use no-till to protect the soil for the future

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Former Farm and Dairy Reporters

Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS soil scientist, and Carlos Crovetto, a Chilean no-till farmer, spoke at the Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference, March 6 at West Middlesex, Pa.

USDA is trying to rid market of StarLink

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

The USDA, through its Commodity Credit Corporation, will purchase $15 to $20 million of hybrid corn seed from small corn seed companies to ensure corn seed with the protein Cry9C is not planted this spring.

The Great Moon Hoax resurfaces

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

Moon rocks and common sense prove Apollo astronauts really did visit the Moon.

USDA announces programs for apple growers, wool and mohair producers

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Other News

Sign up for the Apple Market Loss Assistance and Wool and Mohair Loss Assistance programs have begun.

Video opens eyes to cow comfort

Thursday, March 15, 2001 by Susan Crowell

Neil Anderson, a veterinarian in the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, spoke on ergonomics in the workplace of the cow at the March 7 Northeast Ohio Dairy Management Conference at North Canton.