Monthly Archives: April 2007
Wayne County farmers create fund
WOOSTER, Ohio - A grassroots group of concerned individuals has created the Wayne County Farmers Support Fund to raise and distribute money to farmers with extreme, out-of-the-ordinary financial need.
Columbiana-Mahoning dairies win ‘elite’ production honor
SALEM, Ohio - When you look at top herds on Ohio's DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) rankings, you'll spot several dairy farms from Columbiana and Mahoning counties.
Losing this battle will be expensive
"It's time to get political." That's a headline message on the Web site of The Humane Society of the United States.
Blessed, but sometimes life ain’t fair
When I was a very young kid, I went to the Loudonville Free Street Fair with some of my friends. At home that night, I said to my father, "I saw your uncle at the fair!" Real cowboy.
Spring welcomed at the Gueberts’
The signs and sounds of another Illinois spring are everywhere and each one sends me daydreaming to another time, another place.
Farm business help at your fingertips
Spring is in the air! Isn't springtime in northeast Ohio a wonderful time? Gone (hopefully) are the howling winter winds and we all are crossing our fingers for a warm, dry spring.
National Poetry Month – April
How to Eat a Poem Don't be polite. Bite in. Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
Spouses don’t always get along so swimmingly
I have long enjoyed reading the anniversary notices in the county paper. It is these little nuggets of society news that tell us that Lula and Orville have enjoyed 75 years of wedded bliss (having wed, apparently, at or around age nine).
Leimbach’s laughs unite farm women
ASHLAND, Ohio - Cold, raining and muddy. It was not a good day for farming. But the atmosphere was warm and cheerful for those attending the first Women in Agriculture Conference, hosted March 23 by OSU Extension in Ashland County.
USDA: Corn planters are ready to roll
WASHINGTON - Driven by growing ethanol demand, U.S. farmers intend to plant 15 percent more corn acres in 2007.
