Friday, March 13, 2026

Ernie Oelker updates readers on nutrient application and utilization research on one Columbiana County farm.

Columnist Judith Sutherland faces the reality that her children, Cort and Caroline, are growing up.

Crop progress? Good temperatures now will still give us a normal crop. This will mostly be true for next week, then we go downhill fast.

Hemingway went to Paris to discover, he once explained, if "I could write two good sentences." While there, however, Papa wrote two good books, The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms.

Winter fast approaches and so does the Christmas holiday. I see large snowflakes blending with spattering rain as I wait to taxi my daughter Kathie and our neighbor Michael to school.

"One thing for sure," I declared, "I'm not renting one of these again." "Well, unless we can find one that's adjustable.

I love to bake, but making homemade goodies means someone should eat them. We don't need the extra food temptations, and neither do the people (neighbors and friends) I might give them to.

The nomination of Sen. John Ashcroft as attorney general shows that Bush is serious about cleaning up the justice department.

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

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