Following tile and pipe rules makes for ‘one less thing’
By DAN KRAMER
Forrest Gump was a great movie. At least that’s my opinion. I’ve had people tell me it wasn’t something they enjoyed because...
Dairy prices look favorable for 2014, but anything could happen
Dairy prices, while hard to predict, do look favorable for new year.
It’s cold outside, so do some nature reading
Ask any wildlife biologist to name an important professional influence, and most will say Aldo Leopold (1887-1948). His textbook, Game Management (1933), essentially created...
The Countryman’s Year: Old diary rekindles simple gratitude
Finding words of wisdom in a 1936 journal: "Blessed is the man who can enjoy the small things, the common beauties: the little day-by-day events, sunshine on the fields... So many people who go afield for enjoyment leave it behind them at home.” --David Grayson (pen name for Ray Stannard Baker).
Sorghum-sudangrass a summer alternative for feed and fuel
By CHRIS PENROSE and CLIF LITTLE
Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are warm season annual forages that look like sudangrass in growth but are generally taller, with larger...
Foresters can offer sound advice on timber sales
WOODSFIELD, Ohio — A few months ago I wrote an article about timber sale contracts. Since then I have had a few people call...
Congress wraps up its least productive year ever
Every year ends on Dec. 31.
Every baseball season ends with the World Series. Growing seasons end with a hard freeze and the opera season...
Always chore time in bleak midwinter
Ash Day. Someone had to scoop the gray powdery ash from the bottom of the coal furnace, dumping it in to buckets. This is possibly the worst job known to man.
Holiday grain trading takes hit on the market
For the last couple of weeks I have been saying that only the March Planting Intentions Report from USDA can help this market. My idea has been that I don’t see bullish news anywhere on the horizon. But, I do think that farmers will like $13 soybeans better than $4 corn.
Know which humane society you are supporting
Editor:
In my role as president and an active volunteer of The Humane Society of Columbiana County, I recently participated in the Leetonia Sportsman Club...
