Duck identification requires more than just effort
Though most migratory song birds won’t arrive until April or May, March is a great month to tackle waterfowl identification. Binoculars and a field...
Set your own milk price by making cheese and marketing it instead
Farmstead and artisan cheese operations can allow farm families to become price-makers instead of price takers for their milk. A hands-on workshop in Ohio can show you how.
‘In my day…’: Generations have tunnel vision
We will forever see things from our own perspectives based on our generational ties.
Family vacation: Sunny days or bust
As if Andrew and Rita didn't do enough damage, pity the great state of Florida which now has the Seabolts to contend with. When...
Winter is sneaking out the back door
How exciting! A chipmunk on the back porch!And six red-winged blackbirds! And snowdrops pushing through the snow! And robins galore splashing through the mini-lakes...
Mixed USDA news lowers grain market
USDA's March crop production report says we have the highest ending stocks of 12 years. That cannot be a good thing, comments grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 11, 2010
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Let’s hope workshop on competition in agriculture produces results
Farm seed prices almost tripled in four years and, unlike other big input markets, now show no sign of backing -- or even letting -- up. Columnist Alan Guebert wades in to the ag competition fray.
Renovation mood blows hot and cold
Exactly one day after agreeing to purchase our ancient wreck of a house, we discovered, as do many young marrieds, that the good Lord...
Dairy “COW”reers Day: Lots of career options in dairy field
"Thinking outside of the box." We use the phrase to refer to a nontraditional idea. Perhaps the exact definition isn't so important, but we...
