Minnie, the red and gold reindeer, saved Christmas
(Author’s Note: The following story is the only work of fiction I’ve ever written and was originally published in the Farm and Dairy on...
Mark your calendars for Annie’s Project workshops
Hello Again!Well, what a week of hunting stories. It has been so much fun listening to them. The best one happened on our farm....
Mother’s column revives memories
In a box on the bottom shelf of the pie safe are my mother's columns for Farm and Dairy, dating back to 1952.She was...
Get cozy with financial numbers
Happy holidays to all of our northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers. It is hard to believe that 2010 is coming to a...
Songwriters tell our lives in music
"God is in the roses, the petals and the thorns, storms out on the oceans, the souls who will be born. And every drop...
We need to protect our streams
I remember as a kid the best part of our family reunion was catching "crawdads" with my cousins in the creek. I didn't know...
Most times grandma’s ways work just fine
Let me state for the record that I am firmly against food poisoning. I am definitely not a fan. Having had it once, I...
Winter management is key to protecting sod base paddocks
Livestock grazing management strategies can be used to protect those good sod base paddocks.
Ask FSA Andy: Catch up on your farm recordkeeping
Hello Again,As I drove into work this morning, I saw the woods speckled with orange in a variety of places…in trees…around abandon barns…. sitting...
A Black Friday mouse tale
"I asked for riot shields, but they wouldn't give me one, so it's not going to be that bad I don't think."-- Target employeeI...