Monthly Archives: May 2005
Nurseries take lead in environmental stewardship
COLUMBUS - Housing development looms just on the other side of the fences of Acorn Farms, a 24-year-old wholesale container nursery in Galena, Ohio.
Hay bale fires can cost farmers plenty
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Fires that damage or destroy hay and barns - resulting in building replacement, feed replacement and lost revenues - cost area farmers thousands of dollars each year.
Borovich Farm earns SWCD award
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - Stanley and Lorena Borovich of St. Clairsville recently received the Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District's 2005 Conservation Farmer Award.
Riding away
THE first time Linda Hren fought cancer was bad enough. But getting it back months later was far worse.
Hog swap: Family waives right to hearing
SALEM, Ohio - The Williams County junior fair's 2004 champion hog - a gilt with the potential to produce more award-winning pigs -
Ag security areas preserve farmland
SALEM, Ohio - State Rep. Tony Core, who's also a Logan County farmer, thinks many farmers' situations might be a lot like his.
Supreme Court upholds checkoff
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling May 23 determined the beef checkoff is not unconstitutional.
Farming is greater than your farm
Combing through yellowed pages of Farm and Dairy from 1925 yields a unique look at history. As I look for items to include in the "80 years ago" portion of our weekly Read It Again feature, I'm struck by how different life was then, and yet, how little has changed.
Pekingese is pleasure for youngster
There has never been a time in my life without dogs. I can't imagine it any other way.
I remember a black and white photograph in an old family album.
