Thursday, December 18, 2025

Cam Thraen, dairy marketing and policy state specialist with Ohio State University Extension writes about the Dairy Option Pilot Program that provides one-day workshops designed to provide dairy producers an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the futures and options markets.

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about East Liverpool and the yellow ware and Rockingham finish wares produced by migrant journeyman that made it famous in the 19th century.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about mustard and National Mustard Day.

Each week Farm and Diary 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.

Dianne Shoemaker northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about the International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference she attended in Indianopolis, and came away from without an answer to the question, "how do they convince a buffalo that she really wants to be milked?"

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

James Skeeles, OSU Extension ag agent in Lorain County, writes about how a Farmland Preservation purchase program might operate.

A reader comments on the Bush education policy that threatens new orgies of spending, legislating, centralizing, and reforming.

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what happened to the chair between in the first half of the 19th century.