Monthly Archives: December 2008
Nutrient trading seminars scheduled
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council are jointly...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Dec. 18, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Helping the Hungry
Black River FFA recently held its annual canned food drive. Classes competed to see which one could donate the most food and the Advanced...
Seeing Red at Christmas
Am I irate and red hot because of a bad shopping experience, standing in a long check out line or coping with a rude...
Deer season, not dog season
Editor:Lyle, our 2-1/2 year old black Lab, was shot and killed by a deer hunter on our farm the second day of gun season,...
Reinvigorating the ‘American Way’
Our challenge -- and the challenge of saving the American Way -- is for Business, Labor, Agriculture and Consumers to stop pointing fingers and work together for the common good.
Credit crunch crunching markets
If recent conversations with elevator managers and farmers are even slightly predictive, it's gonna be a long, cold winter in corn and soybean country...
Here is heaven on Earth for animals
There is a sweet 1834 painting by Edward Hicks titled The Peaceable Kingdom showing animals of every description relaxing together, and I have a...
Life just keeps on happening
We've all heard the saying, "Life is what happens while we're busy making plans." Well, I am in the midst of living that truth...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Dec. 18, 2008
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — The West Holmes FFA Parliamentary Procedure team competed in the Sub-District and District contests in November.
Members of the team include President...
