Weathervanes weather tests of time
Only a few weathervanes constructed in the 1700s and 1800s still remain, and even early 1900 examples are difficult to locate, says columnist Roy Booth.
Color Keyed
Home and family life editor Laurie Steeb gets a helping hand with her column this week from daughter Josie.
Real life movie ideas for Hollywood
Hollywood just doesn't get it: Real life is hard to replicate on the big or little screen, says columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt.
Just a stock cane, Bill and me
Bringing in the cows was columnist Judith Sutherland's first chore on her family's dairy farm, and she couldn't have done it without a dog named Bill.
Reader: McKudos to McDonald’s
McDonald's deserves praise for its new ban on antibiotic use in meat supplies.
Hazard A Guess: Week of July 10, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Dairy Channel: What’s hot in Phoenix? Dairy issues
Shoemaker writes about how dairy issues are hot just about everywhere.
Reader questions long-term effects of large farms
Reader questions whether the community benefits from the large farm facilities over the long run.
Future of agriculture begins at the dinner table
Reader says the issue of industrial agriculture is too serious to be confused with our acceptance of immigrants.
Summer grazing: What do we do now?
The question is what do we do with the overmature pasture and hay we have to contend with now and as our winter feed supply?
