Harvesting drought-stressed forages
Harvest management strategies are different for legumes, depending on if the stands are new, established or of a particular forage species. An OSU specialist offers harvesting tips.
Kitchen, house chores in days of old
Enjoy today's modern kitchen conveniences because, as columnist Roy Booth relates this week, these creature comforts weren't always around.
The value of days lived on borrowed time
Confessions of an overdue book holder: If library cards were like driver's licenses, columnist Kymberly Seabolt's would have enough points to result in suspension.
Hazard A Guess: Week of August 1, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Judith Sutherland:Rescuing pets from flames is heroic
What happens to livestock and animals in the middle of a disaster like a wildfire, or a residential fire, for that matter. Columnist Judie Sutherland shares a story of local fire fighting heroics.
Dairy Channel: Even rain won’t dispel worries over quality of this year’s dairy feed
Even though this year's feed nutrient values may be unique and yields will be down, corn silage is still likely to be the best forage value for the dollar. When should you chop? Answers to this and other forage questions by OSU Extension District Dairy Specialist Dianne Shoemaker.
Hearth to Heart:Goodbye Life: Hello Mom
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb's teen daughter is sacrificing her bedroom to ease Laurie's recuperation from automobile accident injuries.
Diversion For The Disabled
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb shares more on her temporary disability - recuperating at home after an automobile accident.
Dairy Excel: Markets: Just how low can we go?
Information coming out of the USDA or the Farm Service Agency on the counter-cyclical payment program mechanism included in the National Dairy Market Loss Payment Program, is sparse, but OSU ag economist Cam Thraen tries to sort through the mess.
Farmer’s daughter no longer ignored
Columnist Judie Sutherland is glad to see a growing trend toward more daughters working alongside their farmer fathers.
