Dead cow walking: USDA questioned
Columnist Alan Guebert explains the reasons for more USDA mad cow testing.
Scott Shalaway: No one has to tell the birds summer is over
On Aug. 25 at a high school football game on Wheeling Island in the Ohio River, a flock of high flying birds distracted my attention from the game. Shortly before sunset, I counted about 50 common nighthawks swirling and feeding above the stadium lights. I watched until they disappeared in the darkening night sky.
The best trick pony: Horse-on-a-stick
I remember as a child being obsessed with horses and the cowboy life. It consumed our play, it invaded our dreams.
Moving from to-do to ta-done!
Score! I just crossed something off my to-do list. I can put a black line straight through "consume entire package of M&M's before breakfast.
Prioritize a water source in a rotational grazing system
Finding ways to meet the needed water demands can improve the efficiency of pasture use, writes OSU Extension Educator Dean Kreager.
U.S. Supreme Court to decide seed case
The stakes are high in the dispute over rights to genetically modified seeds. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today (Feb. 19, 2013).
Ms. Inie Jeykins has a new little one
It would seem that summer has settled in for the long haul. Already the locust blossoms that saturated the sunlit afternoons and the evening breezes with their heady perfume have withered away and the orange blossoms have scattered their petals like snowflakes.
So Tiny, So Mighty
“So tiny, so mighty,” I’ve heard people describe our church choir with those phrases.
What I didn’t know about cows
Never having lived with a cow, I know almost nothing about cows -- and I truly believe that unless you actually live with an...
Resolution: Have a relaxing New Year
I love Christmas. I love the holidays, the happiness, the warm glow of twinkle lights.
