Yearly Archives: 2009
Don’t know much ’bout economics
In the transition from farm boy to student to journalist, I skated and stumbled through several academic departments at the Big U. For example,...
The “I don’t mean to be mean” girls
There is a point in life when you realize that you never do, in fact, outgrow high school. Worse, you never really get over...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 22, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Sustainability + farm productivity = future
When it comes to farming, why don't we see more sentences with the words "sustainable" and "productivity" in them? They are the only things that will keep food on all our tables.
Remember to scoot to the FSA office if wet weather prevented wheat planting
Wheat producers who were unsuccessful at getting crop planted are reminded of FSA deadlines
New veterinarians practicing in Ky. can get loans repaid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Farm Bureau's Education Foundation is seeking participants in the Kentucky Large/Food Animal Veterinary Incentive Program, which may repay up to...
Wet weather forcing harvest to lag behind this year
Farmers face frustration as weather continues to push back harvesting.
Vacation with us…Kampfer
Paul and Eleanor Kampfer of Salem, Ohio, friends Edith and Karl Peterson of Dayton, Ohio, and brother Frank and Ginnie Gall of Salem are...
Vacation with us…Ratvasky
Katie Ratvasky of Edinburg, Pa., took Farm and Dairy with her to Booneville, Ark., for a 12-week summer internship with the USDA ARS. She...
Tractor ride winds through northeastern Ohio
The Antique Tractor Club of Trumbull County had its fifth annual Fall Foliage Tractor Ride Oct. 10, covering the corners of Trumbull, Geauga and Ashtabula counties.
