Saturday, September 5, 2026

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Many Ohio farmers hire custom farm work in their farm business or perform custom farm work for others.

If you're a farmer, don't read this. If you're a farmer wannabe, you'd better read this. Everyone else should read it, too.

The lyrics of this song drifted through my head while sorting through drawers of endless stuff which makes up a home.

Our alarms woke us early on what could have been a sleep-in Saturday, but the appointment I made at the grooming salon was for 8 a.