Keep roads safe and water clean this winter
Summit SWCD outreach coordinator Sandy Barbic offers tips to solve the over-salting problem problem on our sidewalks and driveways during winter.
Endophytes in pasture management: Balancing livestock and forage health
Endophytes are microscopic fungi living symbiotically within plants, but their presence is often detrimental to livestock.
How to manage corn diseases
Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh offers insights and advice on managing corn diseases.
Old farm barns were the perfect spot for winter basketball
Judith Sutherland recalls the fun she had playing "barn ball" during her youth.
CoBank: Rural economy will be ‘squeezed, hobbled, slowed’
Alan Guebert weighs in on factors affecting farm and ranch finances in 2025.
Corn was staff of life for settlers, but was always labor intensive
After corn was husked, it had to be shelled and processed before it could be cooked into a meal in the early 1800s in Ohio Country.
Good time for the good stuff
Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges readers not to save the "good stuff" for a rainy day, and instead enjoy it more often.
USDA ‘data dump’ excites commodities markets
Marlin Clark explains corn and soybean price changes due to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and the Quarterly Grain Stocks reports.
Horned larks: They’re full of manure
Tami Gingrich offers insight into a unique winter birding opportunity in Geauga County where horned larks flock to manure spreads.
Know thyself
January is a time to cleanse, and Kymberly Foster Seabolt is looking inward to know herself better.























