Being just one of the crew turns out to be good experience for new...
Steve, his mom and I drove to the airport in Cleveland June 30 with our oldest son, Austen and put him on an airplane...
FSA Andy: What you should know about the Conservation Reserve Program
It seems as though "going green" is all the rage. But did you know the Farm Service Agency has been "going green" for many years?
On My Mind: You can learn a lot from the classifieds
In Farm and Dairy's Classified Advertising section -- we used to call them Want Ads -- there are always many intriguing headings. I enjoy reading the Dogs and Dog Supplies, Horses and Ponies, Hay and Grain, Miscellaneous and Wanted To Buy.
Grassed waterways: A reminder from nature that management still needed
This is the time of year when harvest begins, and farmers become aware of where erosion and gullying is under way in their fields...
Farm and Food File: Economic woes piling up
So corn is rockin' north of $7, beans are toyin' with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where and hogs, well, bacon is sellin' for what steak used to.
Horse owners need options for humane disposal of animal
Editor:I would like to know when will people wake up to the problems American horses and their owners are facing. The horse industry is...
Budget cuts at Columbiana Co. dog pound don’t make sense
Editor:As I read of the continuing cuts by Columbiana County Commissioners in order to preserve money, an area that seems to be overlooked is...
9/11 anniversary reminds us of loss of innocent lives
Editor:Who can forget the 3000 who died on that horrific day ten years ago? Our government has been retaliating ever since against those responsible.That...
The past deserves reflection today
Editor:Today I remember that Tuesday morning as if it were yesterday. I sat at my desk having my coffee listening to the morning broadcast...
On the Outdoors: Outdoorsmen setting standard in community service
While touring the Portage County Randolph Fair, I spotted avid Suffield, Ohio outdoorsman Al Kisamore in the hog auction audience. He was representing the Ohio Fur Takers club, an active conservation-minded group that each puts its money where a needy mouth is.
