Yearly Archives: 2008
Crop input costs, market prices increase for 2009 growing season
“The cost of growing corn, soybeans and wheat increased dramatically for the 2008 crop and substantial increases are expected again for the 2009 growing...
All dressed up
Christopher Brocious of Canfield snapped this photo of Autumn Reed and her pygmy goat, Tiger Lilly. The pair took first place in the junior...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 11, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
The corn market downtrend continues
The corn downtrend has continued for 11 days. There is a little satisfaction in that, since in my last column I said that...
The Buzz of Bees
The honey month of September provides a chance to celebrate the honeybee. Seventeen states have adopted the honeybee as their official state insect....
Walking, resting and visiting at the Canfield Fair
With the scary hurricanes and scary tornadoes and scary severe thunderstorms swirling all around us, we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop,...
‘It’s morphin’ time’ for agriculture
There are no super powers out there to magically whisk your farming operation safely into the future, so I gotta tell you: It's morphin' time!
What is holding you back on your farm?
“What is holding you back?” A popular statement five years ago when we first addressed this topic in this column.
The seatbelt safety campaign...
A roundup of FFA news for Sept. 11, 2008
ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander FFA chapter met Aug. 27 for the first meeting of the school year with 46 members attending.
At the meeting, plans...
A roundup of 4-H news for Sept. 11, 2008
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The New Horizons 4-H club met Aug. 15 with five members present.
The following club members gave health and safety demonstrations: Bryden...
