Monthly Archives: June 2006
Farm network provides opportunities for Pa. women
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Audrey Gay Rodgers has been running the Hameau Farm in the Big Valley for about 25 years.
Century Farm and its farmer a team
ASHLAND, Ohio -
Cattle, hog prices have different look
Cattle and hog prices typically head in opposite directions in the summer months. In most years, cattle prices peak in March or April and move to a low in July or August.
Session yields strong opinions on white-tail deer damage
DELLROY, Ohio - "We'd like to grow some corn to feed our livestock, but the deer won't let us," said one farmer.
Ox power
CHARDON, Ohio - A pair of oxen trudge through the woods, pulling a sled of logs over rough ground. A drover walks beside the animals, guiding them through the thick foliage.
An awakening of life and books
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Annie Dillard, considered by many to be the voice of American baby boomers, once said a child is in many ways a closed door until about the age of 10, when there is an awakening.
The fact and fiction of fast food
America's food industry, like the nation's church leaders, spent much of May wringing its hands over, by all accounts, pieces of poorly written, poorly acted fiction.
Employing minors on your farm? Be sure to understand the rules
With the school year coming to a close in the next few weeks, many students will be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks ranging from baling hay to milking cows to operating machinery.
Jobs for Jo
With a year of college behind her, Josie moved her stuff back home (it's always more than you start out with) and jumped with both feet into the job market.
The key: Act a little less natural
In an effort to offset some of the eventual bad habits our children might learn from us, such as muttering unkind and possibly impure thoughts under their breaths while driving, or wearing white shoes after Labor Day, we're trying to raise them to become productive and law-abiding citizens of the world.
