Book captures one soaring life
When I opened the package, I had no idea what the big, hardcover book was or who it came from. Bobo's Flying Circus? And then I looked below the title and saw the subtitle: "Autobiography of Gilbert Russell Evans.
Presenting The 2006 Cookbook
It's here! Farm and Dairy's latest cookbook is ready to ship. After some procrastination on my part and with lots of assistance from our staff - the new book - Made from Back O' the Box - is the 11th edition in our cookbook series.
Updated manure management guide available
Manure management is one of the biggest challenges facing livestock producers today. Manure management issues are complex, involve interactions between animals, soils, plants and humans, and can be highly emotional.
Matter doesn’t always matter
A month ago, Fred Kirschenmann, distinguished fellow for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, preached to the preachers of the Northern Plains Conference of the United Church of Christ in Bismarck.
Touching lives one reader at a time
Years ago, I received a card in the mail from a Farm and Dairy reader, wishing my daughter well. This gentleman had read my column, and said it touched his heart in a way that he could not quite explain.
For moms, game face looks like a grimace
As a mom, there is life B.S. (before sports) and then there is life A.S. (after sports). "Before sports" encompasses that rare span of time that occurs in those blissful seasons before you teach your child to walk and, say, chew gum at the same time.
Diving into pool assembly is drowning experience
If it has been a lifelong dream of yours to spend untold steamy summer hours peeling sticky vinyl off every inch of your exposed flesh then you should definitely get yourself an enormous inflatable pool.
High-End Hype
"Pimp My Grill" reads a New York Times headline that grabbed my attention. What's that about? I've heard my teens using the new "pimpin'" slang.
Ohio farm custom rates now available
Many Ohio farmers hire custom farm work in their farm business or perform custom farm work for others.
Dairy self-help program self-delusional
Three years ago come July 1, 70 percent or so of American dairy farmers began taxing themselves to fund a program the industry dubbed Cooperatives Working Together, or CWT.
