Dairy Excel: Encourage top employee performance
It's not rocket science, but it's usually an area that farm managers need to work on: employee relations. Tuscarawas County Agent Chris Zoller offers some easy-to-implement tips to make the job easier.
Deep, wonderful doggie dreams forever: A tribute to Miss Murphy
Farm dogs are more than just "dogs," and columnist Judie Sutherland was recently forced to say good-bye to a long-time family friend.
When nobody knows the words, ’tis the season for a silent night
Let's face it: No one really knows all the words to There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays, or even The 12 Days of Christmas, for that matter. Columnist Kym Seabolt prefers to just hum along.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Dec. 12, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Dairy Channel: Year in review Manure, drought and no-till corn
Ernie Oelker reports on farm research involving liquid dairy manure as a nitrogen source for no-till corn.
Read it Again: Week of December 5, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Craft of manger scenes has some history
Antique columnist Roy Booth shares the origin of the manger scene and how it came into public display.
Give a gift that gives
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about giftless giving, the newest trend.
If you can read and share this, thank a preschool teacher
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt pays honor to those arsenals of construction paper and paste, boo-boo magicians and holiday program planners we call preschool teachers.
Protection of agricultural land
The president of Mahoning County Farm Bureau writes that it is getting more difficult to keep the farm in the family.
