Incredible shrinking food
Nowadays, I not only take my calculator along on grocery shopping trips (the better to ascertain if we can or cannot afford to eat...
Silencing the circus we call television
A month or so ago, the manager of this one-dog farmette clipped the coaxial cable that linked our rural home to the yellers at...
My weekend crop tour was ugly
I put in 750 miles in Ohio and Michigan over the weekend, and I was amazed how far behind we are in reality. Yes,...
Slightly Elevated
My brother Tom broke his leg. When I visited the hospital the day he had surgery to repair the nasty fractures, I checked in...
Hazard A Guess: Week of May 14, 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).
We need a cure for U.S. health care
On May 11, President Barack Obama declared, "I will not rest until the dream of health care reform is achieved in the United States...
The return of the vireos is as notable as other birds
Nothing excites birders like the month of May. Spring migration peaks. New birds arrive almost every day. Colorful warblers and tanagers monopolize the attention,...
Ohio Pasture Measurement Project lets you watch growth from week to week
How are your pastures growing? If you are like most you would reply in terms like fast or rapid. It is the month of...
It’s possible for producers to have it all
Stop trying to get maximum production. No more topping last year's average daily gains, enough with the peak efficiencies and quit angling for record...
Cutting a fat hog on the taxpayers’ tab
The year isn't five months old and hog farmers already have had a year to forget: a sick global economy sickening pork demand, costlier...
