Make your farm safer over the winter
Winter is an ideal time to take steps to make a farm a safer place, including checking safety devices when storing equipment away for the season.
Making manure-borne pathogens stay in place
Grass buffer strips may be a useful tool to prevent organisms from washing into surface water from farmland runoff.
Managing income tax in drought year
Do some preliminary income tax planning; drought options require careful thinking.
National Pork Checkoff Board approves 2003 program budget
Plans were forwarded to the USDA for final approval.
Go Navy! Ohioan brings farm skills to U.S. Naval Academy
A Columbiana County native is one of six Navy midshipmen assigned to handle the Navy football team's mascot, an Angora goat, and guard him from Army team kidnappers.
Ohio, W.Va. weather observers earn awards
Officials from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service will present the prestigious Thomas Jefferson and John Campanius Holm awards to some of the 11,000 volunteer cooperative weather observers.
Where in the world is the Pacific?
Eleven percent of Americans can't find the United States on a map. In this week's commentary, editor Susan Crowell shares this and more startling survey data.
Preserving 2002 in 2002: Pa. leads nation in preserving farms
Pennsylvania has reached a major agricultural milestone by preserving more than 2002 Pennsylvania farms, continuing Pennsylvania's legacy as a national leader in farmland preservation.
A goat for a mascot? Why
Navy legend traces the roots of the goat mascot back to one of the very first football games.
Protection of agricultural land
The president of Mahoning County Farm Bureau writes that it is getting more difficult to keep the farm in the family.
