Monthly Archives: May 2005
Animal welfare is growing concern
COLUMBUS - Ohioans say they care about the welfare of farm animals, but what does that really mean?
And what's the implications, long-term, for the state's $1.
Manage your woodlands for wildlife
SALEM, Ohio - Songbirds hiding in the brush, wild turkeys eating acorns, and white-footed mice darting between trees.
Pa. extension educator’s firing draws backlash from farmers
SALEM, Ohio - Last fall it was probation for Don Hunter, the Washington County, Pa., extension livestock educator.
Will Brazil surpass U.S. in feeding the world?
CANFIELD, Ohio - Lee Lipp spouts an old clich
No fun to be inside on a May day
Friends seem puzzled by the fact that I know very little about television hit shows from my childhood era.
Your turn: Some readers can really write
Thirteen years ago this week a thin packet containing four agricultural columns hit the cluttered desks of 124 newspaper editors and publishers in 14 Midwestern states.
Children’s play holds silo secret
"Silos go to Preschool," "Grown Men Get Paid to Work with Playdough," "Where Playdough and Silo Meet" or "Dairy Farms are Future Site of World Record Playdough Production" might have set the stage for what was to come.
One Little Thing and Life in a Small Town
It strikes me as peculiar how one little thing can change the course of our existence so quickly. Some of life's greatest tragedies occur in a mere second, altering everything that follows.
A common sense cure for cold feet
Authorities and searchers might have been at a loss when they launched a nationwide hunt for "runaway bride'' Jennifer Wilbanks recently, but the real experts - wedding planners - knew this was no kidnapping.
Percheron plow meet digs in
FREDERICKTOWN, Ohio - Despite cold and blustery weather the last day of April, about a dozen intrepid Percheron teamsters and an equal number of helpers showed up for the Percheron Horse Association of America plow meet.
