Monthly Archives: March 2010
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 18, 2010
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Vilsack names new National Dairy Board appointments
WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed 12 members to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. All appointees will serve three-year...
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was a rare occurrence on Guebert farm
Sometime shortly after March 1, winter lost its frozen grip on my backyard and brown blotches of lifeless grass and small mats of soggy...
Duck identification requires more than just effort
Though most migratory song birds won’t arrive until April or May, March is a great month to tackle waterfowl identification. Binoculars and a field...
Set your own milk price by making cheese and marketing it instead
Farmstead and artisan cheese operations can allow farm families to become price-makers instead of price takers for their milk. A hands-on workshop in Ohio can show you how.
‘In my day…’: Generations have tunnel vision
We will forever see things from our own perspectives based on our generational ties.
Family vacation: Sunny days or bust
As if Andrew and Rita didn't do enough damage, pity the great state of Florida which now has the Seabolts to contend with. When...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 18, 2010
NORTH BENTON, Ohio -- The Village Varieties 4-H club met March 9 at North Benton Presbyterian Church, with 41 members present along with 11...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 18, 2010
CRESTON, Ohio -- The Norwayne FFA chapter members recently held an official monthly meeting March 8 at the Creston Middle School. The members passed...
Winter is sneaking out the back door
How exciting! A chipmunk on the back porch!And six red-winged blackbirds! And snowdrops pushing through the snow! And robins galore splashing through the mini-lakes...
