Monday, February 2, 2026

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes of early settlers' first meeting houses and the traditions of those structures.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb explains why she dreads election time each year.

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt reflects on holiday shopping and stampeding toy riots.

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

Columnist Judith Sutherland reflects on the simplicity of farmers' thinking places.

When Larry Sulzer first saw the carriage barn it was severely overgrown with vegetation and sinking into the ground, yet it still had a "commanding presence."
Sulzer shares thoughts of his barn discovery and its subsequent relocation in this week's "Let's Talk Barns" column. You'll find it and other regular column features here.

Take a look back on the historical background of a carriage barn in Lorain, Ohio, and read about moving it to a new home.

Financial and milk price situations lead farm managers to the unexpected conclusion that they owe taxes. Ernie Oelker wonders how can this happen when everybody knows farmers aren't making any money?

Author Jim Skeeles writes that he sees the dairy trend following that of poultry and pork - more and more milk being produced by larger herds, with the share of milk produced by small herds dwindling.