Yearly Archives: 2009
Obama, Congress approve $350 million for farmers
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Dairy farmers weathering one of the worst milk price fall-outs in recent history should soon see some relief in the form...
But wait! There’s not more
Remember when the news was newsworthy?News, of course, is anything you learn that you didn't know before. Using that definition almost anything is technically...
Blink and it will all be long gone
Don't even blink, or everything will be gone.That fire-red inferno of a maple tree now ablaze in the front yard will be naked.That birch...
More Astroturf on global warming war
If the generals and admirals within the concentric walls of the Pentagon -- hardly a bastion of greenie weenies -- view global warming as...
FSA Andy for Oct. 29, 2009
Hello again, friends!Halloween at my house usually brings a pleasant diversion from harvest, or lack of harvest as the case may be. The kids...
Soil quality and pasture management
A small farm livestock owner recently asked me about the benefit of pasture aeration and the application of fertilizer and lime. To answer the...
Autumn is a time for reflection
"We worked in the woods for nearly 10 hours today, falling trees, sawing lumber. I could have worked 10 more. There is something invigorating...
Keep your eyes open for several fall visitors
A day after the first hard frost of the season, a flock of nomadic cedar waxwings appeared in the backyard. I counted 42, but...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 29, 2009
Northwestern FFA soils team (left to right, back row): Chris Thomas, Tessa Hershey, Adam Krueger, Ashley Cromer; (front row): Jessica Wellert, Sabrina Johnson, Sarhra...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 29, 2009
AURORA, Ohio -- Creatures-N- Features 4-H group had a very successful fair season. Michaela Ritz won the grand champion ribbon for intermediate rabbit showmanship,...
