Think about it: The County Fairs
THE COUNTY FAIRIt’s fair time once again. It just seems like we just completed fair time 2011, and here we are, once again, in...
Ohio fish and the records set in summer 2012
Ohio anglers have plenty of opportunities to become record holders if catching the largest specimen of one of the 47 types of fish recorded...
What is a disaster?
Hello Again!What would you classify as a ‘disaster’? I guess the answer to this would depend on who you asked and the timing of...
Powerless? Off with their heads
You know what makes me realize I am not a nice person? My reaction when you put a stop to my unlimited power. We...
Feeding your herd this year will take planning, strategy and little creativity
I had the privilege of traveling overseas to conduct research during part of the summer, so I missed all of the hot and dry...
Take it from Uncle Honey, take a nap once and a while
One part of every day on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth was inviolate: the noon nap; nearly everyone took one.We didn't...
A farm legacy of speaking out
Editor:Bryan Wolfe was tragically killed in a machinery accident Aug. 7, 2012, on his farm in Rome, Ohio. Bryan one of the last of...
Why not donate to a conservation district?
Over the years in the soil and water conservation world in northeast Ohio, there has been at best, little attention given to marketing local...
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
It seems to be that evety good person's goal is to contribute something positive to society, and that evety town hopes to...
U.S. House stalls farm bill progress
Journalism school doesn't make cynics out of people who pick up the pen for a living.Committing journalism -- using the pen to chronicle the...
