Monthly Archives: December 2008
Taxing cow farts: The strange and true from D.C.
You take a coupla days off and the papers and e-mails pile up faster than snowflakes in Geauga County. Here's some of what greeted...
The perils of grain market prognostication
The stock market took another dive, and it took the grains with it.
Rural Americans way ahead of leaders
In a brief presentation to some 250 or so farm and small town members of Iowa mutual insurance companies Nov. 17, I asked for...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Dec. 4, 2008
CARROLLTON, Ohio — East Township Young Producers 4-H club met Nov. 19 at St. Johns Church with 24 members attending.
Roll call was done with...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Dec. 4, 2008
WEST SALEM, Ohio — Members of the Northwestern FFA chapter traveled to the two-day Made For Excellence and the Advanced Leadership Development conferences in...
If only there was a way to expect the unexpected
Our son-in-law, Todd, has a new horse named Harley. You know, the breed with two wheels and a motor. Nothing would do but that...
You’ll want to find these books under the tree
If you've got some avid readers on your holiday gift list, here are some titles I enthusiastically recommend.
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters...
A cheating Channing is still charming
"Old Major completed his herding of the milk cows and somehow came to realize that he had two full hours until he was needed...
Agricultural futures and options course available in Newark
NEWARK, Ohio -- To help agribusinesses and producers make more sound grain marketing decisions and more thorough production, marketing and financial plans, Ohio State...
Field pennycress key as energy source
PEORIA, Ill. -- Field pennycress may go from weed to "wonderfuel," thanks to studies by Agricultural Research Service scientists in Peoria, Ill.
There, a...
