Dairy Channel: Biotech: Science vs. pseudo science
Scientific advance always involves some risk of unintended outcomes. Columbiana County Ag Agent Ernest Oelker ponders comments by Norman Borlaug and their meaning for agriculture.
Reader says United schools needs change
Politics rearing its head at United Local School District board meetings.
Protecting church from the state
'Separation between church and state' has been misconstrued, misused and misapplied.
Columnist off base with poison idea
Starling and sparrow traps better answer than poisoning.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 20, 2003
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
World then and now seem strikingly similar
When author Louis Bromfield was looking to give his life roots, he turned to a farm in northcentral Ohio. Columnist Judith Sutherland shares the story.
Dairy Channel: Get rid of those nuisance barn birds
Unwanted birds have become an extremely frustrating problem for dairy farms.
Time, patience, could make Kura clover a permanent pasture
Kura establishment has been characterized this way: "First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps."
Rail wood burners light Americana
By mid-1800, rail systems were consuming more than four to five million cords of wood per year. More than 5,300 men earned a living in Massachusetts supplying the local railroads with wood.
Help! Open the Window!
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb enjoyed last weekend's warm weather with a frenzy of outdoor activity.













