Rookies, quick studies and jumping in
If you want to make herd improvement, by all means, gather all the data and tools and talk to all the people, but at some point you've just got to jump in.
The curious history of water witchers
Judith Sutherland's grandfather, R.H. Young, was a gifted a water witcher, or dowser.
We always come back to the tried and true
Kymberly Foster Seabolt experiences car trouble this week and is forced to retire one of her family's older vehicles.
Wishing for a little more time in Neverland
Julie Geiss explains how her woods and fields became Neverland this summer as her sons and their cousins became Lost Boys in search of new adventures.
Changes in ag lead to decline of barn owls
Barn owls are just one step below "threatened" in Pennsylvania, and are listed as threatened in Ohio and many other states. Learn why and what can be done.
Grandma was ahead of her time
Alan Guebert's grandmother was both a woman of her times and a woman far ahead of even our times.
Damage to crops pushes markets up
A dramatic decline in crop conditions in some parts of the country, coupled with positive trade news, has fueled a rally in corn and soybean prices.
Reader: Keep fighting and don’t give up
Patsy M. Stuckey, 94, of Alliance, Ohio, responds to Hugh Earnhart's Feb. 20, 2020, column, Orphan trains carried at-risk youth west.
Election of 1860 led to two major parties
Learn more about how two major parties — Democrat and Republican — came to dominate the national elections in the United States.
Small minds should have no place here
One stolen political sign is a sad harbinger of the times for Rebecca Miller.
