All hats, no cattle and little chance
Ranchers and feeders get more pie-in-the-sky talk while the big four meatpackers continue to carve up markets both here and abroad.
Paul Harvey’s words still ring true: God said, ‘I need a caretaker.’ So...
It was a Super Bowl ad that grabbed our attention for its shear simplicity, not its shock factor. Paul Harvey sharing his, "So God Made a Farmer" tribute.
Scott Shalaway: What’s causing mysterious dragonfly swarms?
Over the last several weeks I've received many emails and letters from readers reporting large aggregation of dragonflies, usually hovering above the grass in wet meadows and hayfields.
Massive Nebraska feedlot ‘just the opposite of what we need’
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on an under-construction feedlot in southwestern Nebraska that will cover a square mile and house 150,000 cattle.
Extinct Ohio fish befuddles biologists
How did the Scioto madtom end up extinct? Scientists are still working to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the Big Darby Creek catfish.
Forest-dwelling fishers make a return
Fishers may be making a resurgence in Ohio as 30 have been sighted in Ashtabula, Lake, Trumbull, Jefferson and Columbiana counties since 2013.
A winter roosting box for chickadees is a tight spot
Recently, at a wild bird trade show in Missouri, a women approached me and thanked me for “a great idea.” She said she had...
You don’t need a root cellar to store food
Fall is the time to store the food that's taken all year to produce. Indoor, in-place and buried container food storage systems are practical and affordable alternatives to the traditional root cellar.
Who really benefits from domestic deer farms?
When hunters see a deer, they envision a big buck.
Mourning doves: A most unusual nest
Mourning doves are one of the most abundant birds in North America. Key to their success is that they are generalists in every sense of the word.
