Yearly Archives: 2001
Tribute to Connie
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb pays tribute to her friend Connie Smith who died recently and to the sweet and warm bit of her she keeps in her memories.
As autos evolved, pedal cars kept pace
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about pedal cars and how closely they followed trends developing in the "grown-up" family cars sitting in the driveway.
Vandalism against farmers deserves justice
The Mahoning County Farm Bureau.organization director writes about the attack on the Moff family dairy herd and the need to make sure such animal cruelty is not tolerated.
USDA, states step up alerts; senator unveils ‘agroterrorism’ bill
Sen. Pat Roberts warns farms are at risk, proposes spending $1.1 billion next year and about $271,000 million in each of the next 10 years in a crash program for protection and prevention.
U.S. EPA still controls CAFO regs
Reader writes to emphasize that Despite all the hype from the state agriculture department on its new large animal facility permitting process, the U.S. EPA is still very much in charge of the waters of Ohio and the CAFOs impacting them.
Sheep Management Tips: Gleaning could offer feed source
Roger High, OSU Extension sheep associate talks about the how to go about putting sheep on harvested corn fields, and other fall management practices.
Resolutions proposed for a solution
A Waterford, Ohio, reader presents four resolutions/solutions to allow the United States to move forward with realistic resolution and a straight-forward solution to the devastation of terrorism.
Pesticide applicator schools offered for sawmill workers
Ohio Sawmill workers must now be certified as licensed pesticide applicators.
Middendorf estate auction eclectic
Studded with enough impressive antique furniture and furnishings the sale drew a good sized crowd of bidders who came for more than just curiosity.
Kingsville branch packed with grapes
The OSU Grape Research Branch in Ashtabula County, a 25-acre facility with research vineyards, hosts an estimated 600 visitors a year, most of them students.
