Friday, March 13, 2026

Not your seat belt, but what is stopping you from being a better dairy manager? OSU Extension dairy specialist Dianne Shoemaker asks pointed questions in this week's column.

Every August, about silage chopping time, my mind flits back to a burning question of my youth: Given the old fashioned way we made corn silage on that southern Illinois dairy farm, were we just poor or were we just cheap?

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about a recent experience coming face to face with what a school prom means these days.

Reader objects to Daniel J. Carson's letter (Farm and Dairy, Nov. 29) asserting that hunting and "managing" wildlife is misguided.

Hello Again!This morning brought a big change in the weather as the wind is blowing and the snow is swirling. At least the mud...

There is a reason I have no desire to travel the world, see exotic places, and meet new and exciting people and it is this: new and exciting people who live in other places are strange.

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

I don't need to make a case for reading here. Since you're reading this paper, obviously, you're a reader.

Just after I completed the previous reader-mail column in late December, a Christmas card, carrying a festive stamp, arrived.

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