Changes to Ohio’s antlerless deer permits
Deer permits mean different things, in different counties.
Promoting better forages and enhancing soil health
Fall is an excellent time of the year for stockpiling fescue for delayed grazing.
Fixer uppers? Improvements in herds can be made
I got my start with other people’s cull cows, just a bid or two above the hamburger market — which was not so dear back then.
Excessive celebration: Embrace it
We’ve all seen — and sometimes shunned — them.
Tips for managing milk production variation on dairy farms
How to manage variation in milk production.
Night cap: Looking for a good night’s sleep?
Miss Nancy and I, along with my little sister B.G. Theiss who is visiting from North Carolina, enjoyed the afternoon at the Farm and Dairy’s recent 100th Anniversary open house at the Salem Community Center.
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.
Miracles of ‘didn’t’
The accident happened, as these things always do, simultaneously fast and oh-so-slow.
Reduce hay storage loss cheaply
Over the years we have seen hay go from being taken to the barn loose, to small square bales put in a barn, to small round bales being made to feed right out of the baler.
Want reform? Audit, please
Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack threatened to impose a second beef checkoff that would double the annual, non-refundable collections of the now-$80 million federal program if members of his reform effort didn't come to an agreement.
