Backup, backup, backup: It may be the easiest way to survive a disaster
Last Thursday, a tornado laid a path of destruction through the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center campus and surrounding community. In light of...
No time to waste: It’s time to buy a duck stamp
Though I've never hunted waterfowl, every year as fall approaches I buy a duck stamp. I get mine at a post office, but they...
The days of buses, bullies and books
By mid-September, most children west of the Ohio have a month of the new school year already on the books.That means some young scholar...
Market Monitor: Whoa, Baby, Hot! Hot! Hot!
One of our family stories involves number one son in a restaurant tasting his soup. The attractive girl going by our table was surprised...
Notes on whooping cranes and hummingbirds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently announced plans to reintroduce a non-migratory flock of endangered whooping cranes in Louisiana. If this proposal...
Some things haven’t changed since 1913
"The idea that the chemical analysis of soil gives an accurate showing as to its needs for fertilization has long since been shown by...
Loans for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
Hello again!The Farm Service Agency makes loan funds available each year to help members of underserved groups buy and operate family-sized farms and ranches.FSA's...
Tried and true truck is family
"You can set my truck on fire, and roll it down a hill, But I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe DeVille-- Joe...
Soil and dirt are different things
I did not come up with the name for this column; The Dirt on Conservation. I don't know about you but I do NOT...
What will you say when the media call your farm?
Every farmer and every farm needs to have a public relations plan in place -- BEFORE the media come calling.
