Monthly Archives: January 2008
Mixing it up
WAYNESBURG, Ohio - Mike Roberts says he has the Heinz 57 of farms. There's a little of everything on his 180 acres in Carroll County - meat chickens, egg-laying chickens, turkeys, beef cattle, dairy cattle, garden produce, homemade biodiesel.
Farmer fashions a tiny Tilloll
SALEM, Ohio - John Gause has always been fascinated by farm equipment. The way it operates, the way it handles, the way all the pieces and parts work together.
Ohio cattlemen salute their own
COLUMBUS - Friends and members of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association rarely see Fayette County cattleman Bill Sexten at a loss for words, but Sexten was dumbfounded during the association's annual meeting Jan.
Don’t just sit around this winter
When I opened the computer file that holds the farm calendar of events we print each week, I glanced at the little numbers that tell me how long the file is in column-inch terms.
Houses have their own stories to tell
A house may sometimes be more than just a home, but a tangible part of history. The house in which
Brother, can you spare a dime?
One of the oldest truisms in agriculture noted that "when farmers make money, everybody in town makes money.
Comprehensive 2008 price outlook
Higher fuel and nitrogen prices in 2007 have signaled trends that will most likely hold throughout 2008.
A Bowl a Day…
I was a volunteer at the elementary school library when I first learned of the cholesterol- lowering affects of oatmeal.
Not ready to let go of ‘early us’ cat
He's always been less a lover, more a fighter. We bought him almost 15 years ago, in our early dating days when buying a cat together was still giddily committed, "hey look at us, we're a FAMILY!" We found him in a pet shop, stuck in a cage in a roomful of barking dogs, eyes wide, fur on end.
Closing the door on the holidays
Make no mistake: down the road, we will pay for the prolonged January thaw which blessed us for so many days.
