Monthly Archives: March 2004
Columnist perpetuates family lore, but it’s just a myth
Family trees are often filled with more fiction than fact, observes reader Kevin Sherlock.
Canadian BSE triggered by feed
Complete answers may never be known.
American beef worries gone, but mad-cow disease not forgotten
The economic impacts of the recent BSE scare will be around for a long time.
More farms run by females
More than a quarter of all farm operations in the country are now run by women.
Western Pa. environmental farm program launched
The USDA launched a $146 million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in western Pennsylvania.
Federal court’s decision sets a precedent
Does it set a precedent against labor union membership, too?
Dairy Excel: What if Johnny wants to milk cows?
Jim Skeeles explains the complexity and anxiety of passing the family farm.
May the luck of the Irish be with you
Columnist Judith Sutherland offers a bit of Irish education in this week that claims St. Patrick's Day.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 18, 2004.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
To have and to hold, and sometimes to choke
An only child, columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt never knew the methods of sibling torture until she had children of her own.
