Dairy Channel: Even rain won’t dispel worries over quality of this year’s dairy feed
Even though this year's feed nutrient values may be unique and yields will be down, corn silage is still likely to be the best forage value for the dollar. When should you chop? Answers to this and other forage questions by OSU Extension District Dairy Specialist Dianne Shoemaker.
Read it Again: Week of July 25, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by
Hazard A Guess: Week of July 25, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Farmer’s daughter no longer ignored
Columnist Judie Sutherland is glad to see a growing trend toward more daughters working alongside their farmer fathers.
Dairy Excel: Markets: Just how low can we go?
Information coming out of the USDA or the Farm Service Agency on the counter-cyclical payment program mechanism included in the National Dairy Market Loss Payment Program, is sparse, but OSU ag economist Cam Thraen tries to sort through the mess.
Stockpiling forage is easy to do
Late July or August is when producers in Ohio need to start preparing fields for stockpiling.
Natural glass by God, gem by man
The various colors, combination of colors and expertise required to make glass is the substance of wonder and mystery to any new or experienced glass collector.
Diversion For The Disabled
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb shares more on her temporary disability - recuperating at home after an automobile accident.
Missing my misspent younger years
Columnist Kym Seabolt confesses that "in her day," a "rave" was a brand of hairspray.
Furniture made for comfort or grace
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes of the details on furniture from the Victorian era.