The fall of the bison population in early America
When Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, the approximately 1 million Native Americans who occupied North America probably never realized they were lost,...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 1, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Global energy policy like cheap food?
Economists like the markets to fix the world's ills, so maybe that's why so many of them back the cap-and-trade solution to greenhouse gas...
The film The Informant is not funny
The two, almost-funny moments in The Informant!, Hollywood's comedic treatment of the deadly serious, 1995 price fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland, failed to...
Summer steak sales equal CAB record
A steak sizzling on the grill is to a consumer what a cash register cha-ching is to a grocer. Despite economic conditions, those sweet...
Does anyone remember Who?
Who remembers Who?And although I didn't plan to write about Who -- the list on the kitchen table on which I jot notes about...
Amish sisters are sweet and innocent
A knock came on my door as I worked in the kitchen one late afternoon this past week. I was startled because I had...
It is corn silage pricing season
You don't have to look outside to know what season it is in an Extension office. You can tell from the questions that come...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 1, 2009
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers held a meeting Sept. 19 at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville.
The fair...
Should you feed hay now or wait?
There are a limited number of days left in our growing season here in Ohio and the opportunity to increase your dry matter as...
