Monthly Archives: August 2008
Adjectives wear out grain market watchers
One casualty of our record grain markets this year on the Chicago Board of Trade this year is the adjective. We have worn out...
A Skunk by Any Other Name … Would Still Smell
My supervisor and coworker, Carol, spoke of an overwhelming skunk stink that pervaded her neighborhood the other night. It lingered for hours around her...
End of summer signals new faces in insect world
Summer's nightly music festival began a few weeks ago. As daylight dims, I enjoy sitting on the back porch waiting for the concert to...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Aug. 21, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Parents’ presence, not presents, the key
'"A mother understands what a child doesn't say."
-- Anonymous
This is a tale of two moms.For those of you who have been enjoying...
Game of farming: Decisions, decisions
If you don't make the management decisions for your farm, who will?
FSA Andy for August 21, 2008
Hello again!
It is with a little sadness that I will sit back and watch as the 2008-09 school year begins.
In September of 1996,...
A roundup of 4-H news for Aug. 21, 2008
NEWBURY, Ohio — The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H club is getting ready for the Geauga County Fair.
They have been meeting each month....
A roundup of FFA news for Aug. 21, 2008
ALLIANCE, Ohio — The Marlington FFA chapter held its monthly meeting Aug. 12.
All officers and several advisers attended. Members discussed the Grange fair booth,...
Dairy cows blamed for global warming: It’s a lot of warm air
Recently, a letter to the editor of my local newspaper used data from a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report to argue that eating...
