Yearly Archives: 2007
Following in the footsteps of farmers
TORONTO, Ohio - Sitting at the kitchen table after school, Michael Swickard spreads out nine notebook pages of drawings.
Fit to win
COLUMBUS - Every weekend, hundreds of youth compete for the top spots in Ohio's cattle shows. They go to showgrounds with everything from iPods to pink show sticks, each competitor hoping this show will be the one.
Farmers: Look, listen and then talk
By now you've read or heard about the Wayne County hog farm accused of mistreating its animals. Accused. Not convicted, not jailed, not hung...
The boogeyman gets a warm reception
When I was somewhere around 10, if you had asked me to describe the milk inspector who paid surprise visits to our family dairy farm, I know, at least in part, what I would have told you.
It’s time to put exports 6 feet under
While most farmers and ranchers spent February focused on rising futures and cash grain prices, the U.
Analysis provides insight into farm
A SWOT analysis is an evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats impacting your farm business.
School Project Syndrome
One would think that amid the tumultuous clutter my family saves, we could find needed materials when school projects roll around.
Identifying crisis caused by caller ID
Imagine my surprise to discover that I don't know how to answer my phone anymore. This is mainly because there is no surprise.
March musings recall march of time
March is certainly being March, at least in my area, where there is great bluster with huffing and puffing and white-outs one minute, benign sunshine the next.
The icemen cometh
HOWARD, Ohio - Most of my Amish neighbors have icehouses constructed of 24-by-48 inch pieces of Styrofoam 16 feet long.
