OSU Extension loses a good one
At last week's retirement open house for Jefferson County Extension Director Ken Simeral, OSU Extension retiree Joe Pittman observed, "I've always said there are good agents, there are average agents and there are those who should be working someplace else.
My Crush on Marion
It's a fine man's name, though you don't hear it used much. Marion Morrison, who surely could have found fame using his real name, became better known as John Wayne, then dubbed simply "Duke".
Bull and bear get piggish competition
An unwritten motto of a former employer, market adviser Professional Farmers of America, was that it's easier to turn journalists into economists than economists into journalists.
Houses have their own stories to tell
A house may sometimes be more than just a home, but a tangible part of history. The house in which
Don’t just sit around this winter
When I opened the computer file that holds the farm calendar of events we print each week, I glanced at the little numbers that tell me how long the file is in column-inch terms.
A Bowl a Day…
I was a volunteer at the elementary school library when I first learned of the cholesterol- lowering affects of oatmeal.
Closing the door on the holidays
Make no mistake: down the road, we will pay for the prolonged January thaw which blessed us for so many days.
Comprehensive 2008 price outlook
Higher fuel and nitrogen prices in 2007 have signaled trends that will most likely hold throughout 2008.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
One of the oldest truisms in agriculture noted that "when farmers make money, everybody in town makes money.
Not ready to let go of ‘early us’ cat
He's always been less a lover, more a fighter. We bought him almost 15 years ago, in our early dating days when buying a cat together was still giddily committed, "hey look at us, we're a FAMILY!" We found him in a pet shop, stuck in a cage in a roomful of barking dogs, eyes wide, fur on end.
