Yearly Archives: 2007
Pa. postpones milk label change
Sherrod Brown: Farm bill hung up in Senate
LISBON, Ohio - The new farm bill was probably not on the minds of most participants at last week's roundtable with U.
By the numbers: Food for thought
While you're recovering from Thanksgiving feasts and looking ahead to another month of holiday gorging, chew on these numbers: 702 million pounds The amount of sweet potatoes grown in 2006 in North Carolina, the nation's largest producer.
What’s old is new again on the farm
I find it amazing, time and time again, how much the world is turning back around to the way it used to be long, long ago.
Farm bill ‘debates’ are deplorable
Even by its Olympic standards for hyperbole and hypocrisy, the performance of the U.S. Senate during the fruitless, pre-Thanksgiving farm bill debate was breathtaking.
Dairy seminars set across the state
It may seem a long way off, especially as you are managing the fall harvest, but winter will be here before we know it and along with it comes a variety of outstanding Extension workshops and educational seminars to help you be a better dairy producer.
HAPPY SHOPPING!
It seems a shame to begin thinking of Christmas before Thanksgiving has come and gone, but that is just what I've done for more years now than I care to keep track of.
My monkey-in-law
When I write about my life, people actually ask, with a straight face, if I make things up. When you learn about my people - my family - you soon realize that embellishment is rarely necessary.
Two generations earn SWCD award
WOOSTER, Ohio - For Harold Mann and his son, David, conserving the soil and conserving the farm go hand in hand.
Conservation comes with the territory
WALNUT CREEK, Ohio - For the Bob Hunter family, conservation is a heritage that has been passed down from generation to generation, just like the 150-acre farm, known as Ancestor Acres, that has been in the family since 1875.







