Saturday, June 13, 2026

Yearly Archives: 2001

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the sylvan king and queen that rule over the space she also inhabits.

Antique columnist Roy Booth remembers the use and uses of wooden carpenter's planes, a block of beech with a blade.

Two Morgantown sisters have gifted $18.4 million to the university, the largest private donation from individuals in WVU history. Most of the donation, $16.2 million, is earmarked for the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences.

Determining the proper time to harvest corn for silage is critical because whole plant dry matter content varies with maturity and it influences fermentation.

Spare a few minutes at the Farm Science Review to make mittens and hats for homeless children.

The William G. Mather bulk freighter museum in the Cleveland waterfront will hold unique storytelling tours this fall.

Ohio Historical Society has received an award recognizing the society's public service and contributions to the archives profession, particularly in the area of pioneering services on the Internet.

The Center for Small Farms, co-sponsored by the American Small Farm magazine and Farm Science Review, is geared toward manufacturing agribusinesses that assist smaller acreage farmers.

Sheep milk is in great demand through thier sheep dairy cooperative, selling at an economically sustainable price to create domestic sheep milk cheese production.