Yearly Archives: 2008
Soy flour not just for cooking anymore
WASHINGTON — In 1941, Henry Ford unveiled a plastic-bodied car whose panels included soybean meal as component. The feat made headlines — and history...
2009 resolution: Live, laugh and love
I have always loved the holidays, enjoying the merriment of the magical, treasuring the family togetherness as we drift through the tail end of...
Spread the Cheer
Witmer's Inc. of Columbiana, Ohio, recently held a Christmas food drive for The Way Station. The company's goal was to fill a Pequea manure...
Hunters turn up CWD in W.Va. deer herd
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Preliminary test results indicate the chronic wasting disease (CWD) agent was present in five hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County, W.Va.,...
Who will lead your farm after you?
How much time do you spend developing your farm's next generation of leadership?
Is ‘sucker’ written on our foreheads?
It's the end of the year, but columnist Alan Guebert still has unanswered questions.
Farm and Dairy’s 2008 top stories in review
Weather woesWeather is always a hot topic in the farmhouse. In March, an ice storm hit northeastern Ohio and western Pa., followed by 23...
The myths and realities of believing
You never think it will happen to you. I paused. I gulped. I looked around, and then down, into the earnest, twinkle-eyed face of...
The year 2008 was really a bummer
Let's just come right out and say it: 2008 was a bummer.Actually, that is one of the kindest things one might say about the...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 1, 2009
ANDOVER, Ohio — The members of the Pymatuning Valley FFA recently painted the West Andover Cemetery fence. They spent two days getting it ready...
