Politics, not producers, steering agriculture
A reader stresses that agriculture is no longer a profession of farmers. It is a government institution fraught with bureaucrats, lobbyists and all the mud and muck of politics.
Pork producer supports checkoff
A local pork producer take the opportunity to share a few facts about the recent settlement agreement reached between the USDA and the National Pork Producers Council.
Outsiders raiding F.O. 33 milk pool
Cameron Thraen, dairy marketing and policy state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, writes about milk check revenue that should have been paid to Order 33 milk producers, but was siphoned off to the pockets of producers in areas that do not normally share in the Mideast Area revenue pool.
Spotlight shines on early lanterns
Antique columnist Roy Booth recounts the history of the development of portable lanterns from candle to oil to kerosene, from barn to carriage.
Of Socks and Spring
Home Living columnist Laurie Mariatt Steeb writes about sock eating plant and the angle of the sun.
Read it Again: Week of March 22, 2001
Each week "Farm and Dairy" takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 22, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 15, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Dairy Channel: Robotic milking systems have come long way
Northeast Ohio district dairy specialist Diane Shoemaker writes about the progress being made in robotic milking systems.
Appreciate your washer and dryer
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the long ago rituals of wash day.
