Gearing up for spotted knapweed
It may only be February, but it's time to start thinking about weed control in your pastures and prepare for combatting weeds in 2019.
Timing of fertilizer application for forages
It's not too late to fertilize hayfields. Ohio State Extension has some recommendations that account for the early growth we've seen this year.
Waste not want not in ‘hard times’
Whatever happened to the March lamb? Did the ferocious March lion have lamb for lunch before slinking back to his lair, growling and lashing...
On raising kids – and kids
As the children grow and change I have really enjoyed watching how the interaction between adult and child changes.
Economy: ‘Positive, but subdued’
Well, Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain, let's hear it.Let's hear your spiels for turning the U.S. economy around. Tell us your platform for staving...
The great clutter crisis
Despite what psychoanalysts might claim, not everything that is wrong with you is your mother’s fault.
‘Tis the season’ … to buy boats, sporting goods
Boat and sporting shows abound for the winter season.
The opioid epidemic: Every life is worth saving
Some readers may think the subject of drug addiction doesn’t belong in the pages of Farm and Dairy. Editor Susan Crowell explains why it does.
This is not your father’s farm bill
Purdue's Otto Doering: "We have a tendency in the U.S. to socialize losses and privatize gains." Don't expect to see much of that in the next farm bill.
A life of love and hard work
Despite the near constant derision of millennials, Kymberly Foster Seabolt believes, as the old song goes, the kids are all right.
