Year-end reflection for forage managers: pastures, hay quality & lessons learned
Reflect on pasture performance, hay quality, winter readiness, and farm stress after a challenging year for Ohio forage managers. Learn lessons to plan ahead.
Taking a look at the new alfalfa for dairy cows
Is alfalfa still essential in dairy rations? Learn how low-lignin alfalfa, harvest management, and forage economics impact milk production and ROI.
A story waiting to be told: Part 1
Judith Sutherland shares a story about her great uncle who she knew as a kindly old man but lived an exciting life long before that.
Eliza Blue: Surviving the winter road trip
A prairie life story from western South Dakota about a blizzard-born baby, winter travel, snowstorms, and hard lessons from driving through extreme weather.
Passing on Christmas hosting
A mother reflects on decades of Christmas mornings, cherished childhood gifts, and letting go as traditions shift with an empty nest and a new generation of hosts.
Help us identify Item No. 1297
Our submitter was told Item No. 1297 was a pressure washer, but he tried it and it didn't work well. We need your help on identifying this mystery tool!
Alan Guebert: Bridge to where, exactly?
A fact check of White House claims on farm aid shows tariffs hurt U.S. agriculture, boosted bailouts and contradict rhetoric about a “war on farmers.”
Stalking winter steelhead in the between months
Beat the winter blues! Learn to catch trophy steelhead (lake-run rainbow trout) in Ohio's streams using fly, spinning, and centerpin gear. Find hot spots and tackle tips.
When family decorates, it’s always the best tree ever
Relive the messy, marvelous tradition of decorating the family Christmas tree. Arguments, broken ornaments, and rambling memories make the process perfect.
White House beef tariffs make hash out of cattle markets
Alan Guebert: Political tariffs and policy shifts on Brazilian and Argentine beef have sent US cattle futures soaring, then plunging, creating chaos in the cattle market.
