With the dark days of winter setting in, we thought it would be a good time to remember the warm sunshine of summer. These boys, spotted at the Hookstown Fair in Pennsylvania, sure seemed to be having a good time in the dairy barn.

Savannah Lewis poses with one of her chickens at the covered bridge festival at the Ashtabula County 4-H Interactive Animal Display.

Katrina Brye of Winona, Ohio, is a member of Team Bill at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Team Bill is in charge of caring for the Navy’s mascot, an Angora goat named Bill. Brye, now a first class officer, is a former Columbiana County 4-H’er and her farm background made her a good […]

Ben and Lauren Slanker of Canfield, Ohio, had fun picking the perfect pumpkins at Catalpa Grove Farm and Market in Columbiana. The only rule for pumpkin picking that day was that Ben and Lauren had to be able to carry their selections back to the car.

Since it’s an election year, Mike and Linda Dussel of Dussel Farm in Brimfield, Ohio, have created a mock debate about pumpkins and cornstalks with John McCain and Barack Obama.

Kathy Breychak of Columbia Station, Ohio, says her grass-powered lawn mowers are the perfect way to keep the yard tidy all summer long.

We promise we’re not using this page to shamelessly promote ourselves, although the gal smooching the cow here is a reporter at Farm and Dairy. We aren’t getting a lot of response to our request for photos, so this is a cry for help. If you’d rather see YOUR picture here, send it our way. […]

Amy and Leonard Rusnah of Hubbard, Ohio, said their son, Jackson, is a big fan of Farm and Dairy.

It’s rare to see three generations working in the same field at the same time. In this picture, it’s dad Rick Weber on the left, son Garret Weber in the middle and grandpa Dick Weber running the rake on the right. This moment was captured Aug. 21 at Pleasant View Farms in Grove City, Pa.

Becky Zeune keeps about 20 miniature horses, a couple of donkeys and two lambs on her farm near Danville, Ohio. She said they are economical and easy to train — the adult horses are broke to drive and children can ride any of them. Arthur Bolduc snapped this photo while on a visit at the […]