Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A person who loves books is never lacking a companion, observes columnist Roy Booth.

Starling and sparrow traps better answer than poisoning.

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

Politics rearing its head at United Local School District board meetings.

Louis Bromfield was a Pulitzer-prize winning author, but he wanted to be remembered for his contribution to agriculture, writes columnist Judith Sutherland in this week's Farm and Dairy.

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.

Although it might be time to check fences and make repairs, there is another way to look at them. This was sent in to family life editor Laurie Marlatt Steeb by an anonymous reader:

Collectors often referred to fireplace implements as "furniture."

Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt lost two of her pets this month. Telling her two children was the hardest thing she ever had to do.

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.