Friday, May 8, 2026
lambs

Eliza Blue welcomes a couple of friends she made that first night of college to visit her ranch and help with lambing.
Hellbender Bluff Park

Julie Giess and her children visit Hellbender Bluff — a hidden gem consisting of 732 acres in Columbiana County.

Take a look at our latest mystery tool and see if you can identify its use.
students

Kids need some help seeing how practical conservation practices can influence water quality, wildlife and forage diversity and soil health.
dairy cattle

Farm managers should assist dairy animals through transitions within the herd by reducing health risks and promoting longevity and profitability.
meat label

Alan Guebert weighs in on a “Memorandum” that mapped how meatpackers and the Trump Administration kept employees working in coronavirus-rife meat plants.
Kym Seabolt's house

Kymberly Foster Seabolt ponders how living in the middle of nowhere really can be everything. 
horse

Bryce Angell crafts a poem about his father's misguided horse sense in relation to an ill-fated dapple gray.
planting soybeans

Marlin Clark provides a planting progress update and weighs in on recent changes in the grain markets.
Rural stream

New landowners should know what is or is not allowable for works of improvement to be performed on their newly purchased parcel of land before purchasing.