Monday, August 24, 2026

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb confides some insight into the quentessential query about that perfect companion for just about everything, popcorn

Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about the dream of many farm kids, and the perseverance and patience it takes to get there.

A reader says the legislation Taft plans to support seems a token gesture rather than a plan.

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

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

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about pedal cars and how closely they followed trends developing in the "grown-up" family cars sitting in the driveway.

The Mahoning County Farm Bureau.organization director writes about the attack on the Moff family dairy herd and the need to make sure such animal cruelty is not tolerated.

Jim Polson, northeastern Ohio farm management specialist with OSU Extension, urges farm families to move forward in planning for their estate.

A Waterford, Ohio, reader presents four resolutions/solutions to allow the United States to move forward with realistic resolution and a straight-forward solution to the devastation of terrorism.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb pays tribute to her friend Connie Smith who died recently and to the sweet and warm bit of her she keeps in her memories.