Three Cheers For The Coach
A park pavilion covered the closest dry haven for the leggy teens who intermittently showed for practice.
Family business meetings – Make a schedule, stick to it, be open
It is no secret that managing a family business has its ups and downs.
Some family members may not have a desire to be involved in the business, while others want to understand and manage the business, but have never been given the opportunity to participate in making decisions.
State ag directors take a whack at CAFTA and White House
It was an embarrassing moment for the White House and its free trade acolytes.
There, hat-in-hand before the agriculture commissioners, secretaries and directors of each state and four U.
Amazing, all that play and no injury
Farm safety was constantly a part of our dialogue over the course of my growing up years, and though I am sure we turned deaf ears to it at the time, I now can understand the enormity of it.
Court opens manure plans to public
A Feb. 28 decision that affects agriculture has been largely overshadowed by other news. But farms need to know about it.
A mom in sickness and in health
"(Michael) Jackson taken to hospital with flu; jury selection delayed a week'' - Associated Press, Feb.
New Look
We think it's time for a change, and after months of consideration, planning, and reviewing trial layouts created by graphic artist Karen Johnson, we've come up with a new look.
A good defense is the best offense
Lately I have been working with the Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency to formulate plans for dealing with animal disease outbreaks such as foot-and-mouth disease and other natural or man-made threats to agriculture.
Grab attention: Show me the numbers
The trick in getting farmers to read farm magazines, a long-time editor of mine repeatedly admonished, is to put numbers in the headline, the lead and every paragraph thereafter.
Celebrating everyday heroes
The man who painted eloquent pictures of everyday heroes may have been surprised to know that he became one of mine.
