Yearly Archives: 2005
Writers and mothers can relate well
Now that I'm a "real writer" (as opposed to my former slacker's life as a married mother moonlighting as a writer), I'm amazed at all the similarities - besides sleeping late - between tortured artists and me.
The hardest farm decision involves everyone
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - If farmers hope to keep their operations in the family and running successfully, they better start talking.
Small swine breeders should vaccinate
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Commercial swine producers are not the only producers who should be concerned with diseases entering their herds.
Sheep handling facilities make work easier on the flock and shepherd
Within the past 10 years a great interest in sheep handling facilities has developed in this country.
Nurseries take lead in environmental stewardship
COLUMBUS - Housing development looms just on the other side of the fences of Acorn Farms, a 24-year-old wholesale container nursery in Galena, Ohio.
Hay bale fires can cost farmers plenty
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Fires that damage or destroy hay and barns - resulting in building replacement, feed replacement and lost revenues - cost area farmers thousands of dollars each year.
Borovich Farm earns SWCD award
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - Stanley and Lorena Borovich of St. Clairsville recently received the Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District's 2005 Conservation Farmer Award.
