Looking for brainy farm solutions
n this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell tries to use both sides of her brain to make sense out of farm income numbers and unemployment figures.
Organic and conventional strawberries are equally tasty, Ohio survey finds
Do organic foods really taste better than their conventionally grown counterparts? Consumers can't tell the difference.
Family strikes balance between tax-time tasks and cow herd care
Farmer Jerry Berg's office serves triple-duty as a tax office, farm business and shrine to family accomplishments.
Scot Symphonic Band plays spring preview March 2
Annual spring concert will be March 2 in Wooster.
Life and times of a hoof trimmer
Joe Ramsey is an independent man - self-described as unconventional - and his livelihood is hitched to the back of his green Ford pickup.
Space shuttle material not involved in illness of three cows, two deer in Texas
Animal health officials investigating the reported illness in three cows in Cherokee County have found no evidence of a relationship between the illness and the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Animal abuse closely linked to human abuse
Nearly 90 percent of pets living in homes where domestic abuse is taking place are either abused or killed.
Spring breeding and ‘the ram effect’
High demand for fall-born lambs increases interest in production systems that utilize spring breeding.
Rented farm is successful startup dairy
This western Pa. milk producer took an unconventional route to starting his dairy farm, and is staying unconventional in his management philosophy.
Potato chips ripple with success
Family-owned Ballreich Potato Chips sends its chips around the world, but stays rooted in Tiffin, Ohio.
