Monthly Archives: September 2001
“Ponds with a Purpose”: Review hosts daily farm pond clinic
The one-hour clinic will show how ponds work and the best ways to manage them. The goal: To help pond owners head off problems and, in the end, save money.
Farm family diversifies to stay afloat
When Paul and Lois Saums' two sons, David and Doug, decided to come back to the farm in 1984, diversification became a necessity. The operation now farms hogs, grain, Christmas trees, pumpkins, broilers, etc.
Appetite for ethanol fermenting in Pa.
Questions that involve developing ethanol production in Pennsylvania and the Northeast were on the table late last month with a pair of "Ethanol Workshops for Rural America" sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Regional Biomass Energy Program, and organized by Ethanol Producers and Consumers.
Columbiana FB members call for answers
Members at the organization's annual meeting demanded answers from those in charge about closing the local office.
Bursting at the seams: Farm Science Review jam-packed with exhibits and demonstrations
Displays new for the 2001 Farm Science Review, Sept. 18-20 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near New London, Ohio, will cater to niche markets.
All roads lead to London, Ohio
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell explains reasons why you should attend this year's Farm Science Review.
Dairy Excel: Which works best? Decision-making takes varying styles
Terry Beck, agricultural extension agent in Wayne County and a member of the OSU Extension Dairy Excel team, writes about decision-making styles and shared decision-making with employees.
Read it Again: Week of Sept. 6, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Good old days
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb has shared in her column this week a letter from a reader who has been looking back through her bills from the 1950s.
Forts used for protection from hostiles
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the numerous rebuilt evidences and records of forts in Ohio and western Pennsylvania that tell a story of the settlers who sought protection from hostiles a century and a half ago.
