Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The recent blackout reminded columnist Judith Sutherland of the blessings we take for granted.

Farm employees are no different than workers in other industries: Different things motivate different peole at different times, reminds Tuscarawas County Ag Agent Chris Zollers.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb shares an article by reader Jean Fugman on old time threshing back in the 1940s.

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

If the weather cooperates, stockpiling can produce an extra 2,000 pounds of forage to be grazed.

Columnist Judith Sutherland concludes a series on Charles Smart, who learned in the 1930s that farmers live by the weather.

Jean L. Fugman tells about the memories of a summer on a dairy farm before World War II.

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt may hoard babyhood memorabilia but she plans on keeping it all.

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

Ernie Oelker writes about the manure research field day at Myron Wehr's farm in New Waterford, Ohio.