Saturday, May 18, 2024

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

Louis Bromfield was a Pulitzer-prize winning author, but he wanted to be remembered for his contribution to agriculture, writes columnist Judith Sutherland in this week's Farm and Dairy.

Scientific advance always involves some risk of unintended outcomes. Columbiana County Ag Agent Ernest Oelker ponders comments by Norman Borlaug and their meaning for agriculture.

Politics rearing its head at United Local School District board meetings.

Kura establishment has been characterized this way: "First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps."

By mid-1800, rail systems were consuming more than four to five million cords of wood per year. More than 5,300 men earned a living in Massachusetts supplying the local railroads with wood.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb enjoyed last weekend's warm weather with a frenzy of outdoor activity.

Since when did Hollywood stars become foreign policy experts? Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt questions the public peace-making credibility Sean Penn and other president wannabes.

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.