Grads, don’t look back!
So, former high school students, today is your graduation day? Congratulations! Today is the first day of the Rest of Your Life, and all...
What did children do for fun before video games?
Fireflies and foxfire . . . four-leaf clovers and bare feet . . water striders and pollywogs . . . baby rabbits and big...
Farms can’t hide from odor issues
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, backed away from offering a controversial ag amendment to the appropriations bill last week, but he hasn't given up the fight.
Scaling-up to sell to schools
Farmers can successfully sell to schools through cooperation, collaborative relationships with buyers and year-round purchasing programs.
A Phone in Hand is Worth Two on the Charger
I'm sure my life has gone out of control when within a mere 60 seconds I have switched from a call on my cell...
Catching chickens is an art
Eliza Blue shares a story from back when she still had a rooster and more chickens and chicks than she knew what to do with.
Our New Year’s Customs
Ways of celebrating the new year differ according to customs and religions of the world. People in Muslim societies, for example, celebrate the new...
Considerations for feeding beef cows this winter
Ohio State Extension educator Garth Ruff provides an overview of management options for winter feeding of beef cows in drought impacted areas.
Farm Credit System wants favors
Some things are more reliable than even death and taxes. Take the Farm Credit System for example. Since it's farm bill-writing time again, the giant, government-sanctioned, cooperative ag lender is again asking Congress for favors to boost itself in the farm lending marketplace.
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy...
