Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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Ohio State Extension dairy specialist Maurice Eastridge considers the most valuable characteristics of a dairy cow.
Bamboo Bash sign

Jim Abrams attends his first Bamboo Bash to learn more about fly fishing rods, and commune with like-minded fishermen.
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Kymberly Foster Seabolt considers the advice she was given by her mother and grandmother when she was younger that makes a lot more sense to her now.
corn kernels and dollar bills

Alan Guebert weighs government support program payouts to farmers against market prices, questioning the effectiveness of the Farm Bill "safety net."
tin sausage guns

Paul Locher trakes readers to the early 1800s in Ohio Country, explaining how pioneers butchered hog carcasses and made sausage and what tools they used.
dogbane

Ohio State Extension agriculture and natural resources educator Cliff Martin offers tips for managing hemp dogbane in agricultural fields.
juvenile robin

Tami Gingrich offers a look inside the lifecycle of the American robin — a songbird that should never be taken for granted.
Hemlock trees at Beaver Creek

Jim Abrams considers the value of someone willing to listen to life stories as he recalls a time he was that listener for an old man enjoying the outdoors.
ohio dairy farm

Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh offers insight into the prevalence of genetic defects in dairy cattle and management tactics to reduce them.
yarn

Eliza Blue makes changes in her sheep flock to improve her fiber business, remembering lambing difficulties with the breed she chose after the fact.