Wednesday, December 24, 2025

On this week's opinion page, "Farm and Dairy" columnist Judith Sutherland writes about a population just brimming with talent never given the chance to shine - the athletes of the Barnyard Olympics.

Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, finishes her list of 10 things people do to mess up their farms.

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.

Tom Noyes, dairy agent for OSU Extension in Wayne County and a member of OSU's DairyExcel team, writes about the upcoming contract heifer raising conference.

Kellie L. Turner, a 4-H club adviser from Stow, Ohio, shares her frustration with the injustice she feels would be done to young people if the fair is evicted from the Summit County Fairgrounds.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about her recent discovery of the benefits of skunks.

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.

Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, and a member of OSU's DairyExcel team, writes about reaching the goal of reducing excess feeding of phosphorus and nitrogen in the forms of protein and non-protein nitrogen for dairy cattle.