Getting better at grazing this fall
Learn how to extend your grazing during the winter months. You may not make the rotation last 150 days, but can you make it last longer — say, 90 days?
Democracy in darkness
Kymberly Foster Seabolt reflects on election day in the United States on Nov. 3, 2020.
What’s behind China’s buying spree?
Alan Guebert reflects on how China’s swift recovery from the viral pandemic it spawned is now the key driver in world ag markets.
News about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine impacts ag markets
Marlin Clark weighs in on how Pfizer's announcement that its phase three trials show 90% efficacy for its COVID-19 vaccine has affected the grain markets.
Respectable and adaptable, turkeys remain
Barb Mudrak traces the history of turkeys in the Ohio Valley back to 6000 BC. Learn how they came to inhabit the area, evolved over time and survive today.
McConnells Mill is a spectacular destination
Julie Geiss visits the McConnells Mill covered bridge, located in McConnells Mill State Park in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Abstractions, distractions, subtraction
Alan Guebert ponders what Americans face this week, after national elections — straight up arithmetic or political mathematics.
Heartbreak brings new beginnings
As Judith Sutherland lays her dog Reo to rest, her husband welcomes home a secondhand flock of sheep.
What to do with all the poo?
Applying manure improves soil tilth, helps with water and nutrient retention, reduces wind and water erosion and promotes growth of beneficial organisms.
Empty nest
Kym Seabolt's children are growing up and moving out. She reflects on how their spaces in her house have changed, but the meaning of home hasn't.






















