Sunday, October 25, 2026

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

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:

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

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb enjoyed last weekend's warm weather with a frenzy of outdoor activity.

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

Since when did Hollywood stars become foreign policy experts? Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt questions the public peace-making credibility Sean Penn and other president wannabes.

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.

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.