Saturday, May 4, 2024
boots by a doorway

Everyone is decluttering via Marie Kondo and the "KonMari Method." Now, Kymberly Foster Seabolt would like to introduce readers to the "Seabolt" method.
Dairy cattle

"Milking the best and selling the rest" is fundamental to dairy farm management; however, the condition of the animal needs to be considered for transport.
Hazard No. 1123

These two mystery tools were found in a hay mow but not together. Can you help their owner figure out what they were used for?
books

Judith Sutherland recalls all she learned from studying the life of E.B. White, the kindly man who gave us Charlotte's Web.
field

If you've ever seen what you thought was a miniature kangaroo hopping across a grassy field, you weren't seeing things — it was a jumping mouse.
dairy cattle

There was no "shutdown" — not in the U.S. government sense, anyway — on the southern Illinois dairy farm of Alan Guebert's youth.
soybean field at sunset

Grain market update: Prices are stagnant, looking for news. The news is all about trade negotiations with China, and there is no real news.
library books

Kymberly Foster Seabolt believes libraries are truly the heart of our society, as she recalls past visits with her children and her most recent trip.
Soil and Water goals headline

"Healthy Soil and Pure Water" are the goals of the Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District, and of every soil and water conservation district in Ohio.
Ag trade photo

In his column this week, Alan Guebert explores the motivation behind the UK's exit from the EU and draws parallels to political policy in the U.S.