Accumulated numbers we love
As many Eastern Cornbelt farmers nervously estimate just how many frost-free days (weeks?) they'll yet need to bin an almost certain to-be-late harvest, it's...
Where has all the innocence gone?
"If you're in the wrong place, the right things don't happen."-- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1942
There are some things we are given absolutely no choice...
Yes, I did make it to Canfield Fair
Happy Halloween! In case you hadn't noticed, even before Labor Day Halloween decorations were on shelves in stores and at even some houses.Maybe we...
The unseen migration of the mature American eels
"Fall migration" conjures up images of honking, south-bound geese and monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico. Each autumn we marvel at the long...
Harrison County Junior Livestock Sale thanks
Editor:The 2009 annual Harrison County Junior Fair Livestock Sale has come and gone, and was a tremendous success. A special thanks goes out to...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 3, 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).
Angels, angst, alcohol and a quick trip to the ER
There are any number of reasons why I will never be crowned Mother of the Year, but the truth is, I removed myself from...
Sleeping with the fishes
If mega-biz is to be believed, the new antitrust chief in the Obama Department of Justice, Christine A. Varney, is really a hurricane whose...
Preparing for corn silage harvest
Cooler temperatures are upon us, the Farm Science Review is just a few days away, as are the best seven days in September --...
The miracle of monarch migration
Changing day length bird migration triggers bird migration because photoperiod is the only absolutely reliable environmental cue that signals birds that keeps seasonal time....
