Winning the race for beef demand
As we get ready for preweaning shots and deworming, I think these calves are in the homestretch.
Huge crop or early frost: Race is on
Crunch time in the grain markets: If we confirm a huge crop with early harvest, the lows are not yet in.
New Coke, typesetting and tractors
The year I started at Farm and Dairy — 1985 — Coca-Cola attempted to change its 99-year-old formula to attract younger drinkers.
Anyone remember “New”...
Hard work, embracing change pays dividends on the farm
Farm lessons included 'hard work, taking nothing for granted.'
Teens have earned my respect; adults, no
Here in the Midwest it is fair season. County fairs are gearing up, winding down, and whirling along.
Yup, fact is stranger than fiction
Herman Melville was a pretty good fiction writer, but his 1851 whale of a tale -- something about a big fish and a peg-legged man named Ahab -- was, in fact, based on the true story of the American whaling ship Essex that, in 1820, was attacked and sunk by a huge whale in the South Pacific.
Many thanks for another year of Ohio State Fair memories
Thank you to the parents, members and everyone else, for another great fair.
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Farmers depend on tuning into the world around them. Like a textbook, they read the land, plants and animals they raise for a living to determine their management choices.
Old property wills can make fascinating reading
Old wills, and I mean really old wills, are fascinating to read. They're a way to learn about how our ancestors lived, as well as seeing what worldly goods were important to them.
Good fishing intel before hitting Lake Erie = limit
The big hand hit six and we were on our way north, heading for Fairport Harbor, Ohio, to see if we could luck into a batch of yellow perch.
