FSA Andy: Tap into the services USDA offers by getting on register
The USDA is trying to beef up the ways it reaches underserved farmers who are not currently enrolled in USDA loan, farm or conservation programs.
Jack Frost pays a mid-winter visit
At last!While we were sleeping and even the stars shivered, he finally came, bringing with him his brushes to paint an icy forest on...
Ben there, done that
The air bag light came on in my vehicle the other day. This would be because there is a hole in my dash. A...
The Holy Bible
Nothing is more pleasing to me as a pastor on a Sunday morning than to see people carrying to church their Bible. It is...
Managing weeds in pastures isn’t the same as managing weeds in cropfields
More than 95 percent of weeds can be controlled through good management practices.
Bird count might explain lack of blue jays, juncos
With more than a month until April arrives, it may be premature to proclaim the end of winter. But since it never arrived, why...
Cleaning supplies: How to make your house safe and healthy
If this year's unusual winter weather is any sign of what lies ahead, there's a good chance we'll be starting our spring cleaning earlier....
I’m going fishing … checkoff style
Sometimes you just got to shoot the fish in the barrel and take the candy from babies. As a hunter of barrel-trapped fish who...
Stark County was hotbed of farm manufacturing
Stark County, Ohio, was a hotbed of farm implement manufacturing during the last half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th....
Snowy winter days sure have changed
A dash of sugar-like snow is almost lost in the brown grass and gray sky out my back door. Winter's dullness seems to have...
