The Dirt On Conservation: A bicentennial tribute to agriculture
This summer, the Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District partnered with the Pomerene Center for the Arts and the farming community for a special project this summer. This project was done in honor of Coshocton’s bicentennial and agriculture’s prominent and enduring place in our county history.
Help yourself by training employees
In a dairy farm's employee break room, I saw the following posted: "Our employees are our most important asset.
No praise needed for a job well-done
Have you ever noticed that words of praise lift us momentarily, while sharp words of criticism often linger, prompting thoughts of what we should have said in response, over and over, for days on end.
’07 farm bill: Seeing the light of day
The big wins Senate and House Democrats enjoyed Nov. 7 will deliver them bigger titles, bigger offices, bigger staffs, bigger responsibilities and bigger expectations when the 110th Congress convenes in early January.
Clicking Our Clocks
As for March weather, we should expect the unexpected. When I drive to Salem to the Farm and Dairy offices, I look forward to the sign at Mason's Steak House which cheerfully states that there are less than 20 days till spring.
Some things, you simply cannot make up
A month ago an editor friend replied to a draft copy of one of these weekly efforts with the simple email comment: “You’ve got...
Weather drives record grain market
Continued flooding, especially in Iowa, has the market focusing on the size of the corn crop and traders taking prices to new all-time highs....
Keep your farm above water in 2009: Think change
While the automakers were pushing for their bailout package on Capitol Hill this week, General Motors bought a full-page ad and admitted to consumers...
Collectors willing to fork over money for old kitchen utensils
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes of the kitchen utensils of yesteryear.
Read it Again: Week of June 27, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
