House wrens can be nasty neighbors
House wrens are extremely territorial and aggressive. While most birds limit their aggression to members of their own species, house wrens are interspecifically antisocial.
Cover crops build resilience into Ohio farms
Don't let another dry season catch you unprepared. Carroll SWCD's Lindsay Short explains how combining no-till farming with late-summer cover crops after your wheat harvest can dramatically improve soil water retention, suppress weeds, and provide high-quality winter forage for livestock.
The not-so-blessed praying mantis
Tami Gingrich sheds light on the vicious feeding habits of different species of praying mantises, and the plight non-native species can be to pollinators.
Leader tractors put Auburn, Ohio, on the map
Located in northeastenr Ohio, in Auburn, Ohio, Lewis and Walter Brockway first built the American Garden Tractor, and then formed the Leader Tractor Company in 1940.
How to harvest, process and store black walnuts
Black walnuts are the most prolific native nut tree in Farm and Dairy’s circulation area. Unfortunately, most of their delicious free nutmeat drops to waste because people don’t know how to harvest, process and store black walnuts.
The walkingstick: Master of camouflage
Tami Gingrich shares her experience rearing walkingsticks and the observations she made about their unique characteristics along the way.
Mother Nature’s best-kept secret: Hickory nuts
Tami Gingrich shares her love of hickory nuts with readers, offering tips on collecting and eating them.
Pre-harvest checklist: 5 things to inspect around your farm
Before harvest begins, take time outside the machine shed to walk waterways, inspect tile outlets, pull soil tests, plan cover crops, and fix field obstacles. Jane Houin of Ashland SWCD shares five proactive pre-harvest checks to save you time and money this fall.
Just how poisonous is pokeweed?
Pokeweed can be found in the eastern half of the United States, invading reduced-tillage fields. It's poisonous to humans, livestock and pets.
FAMACHA scoring to identify parasite risk in small ruminants
FAMACHA scoring is used to identify risk of barber pole worm infestation in small ruminants. It is an effective, easy-to-use tool everyone from backyard hobbyists to large-scale producers can use on the farm.
