Yearly Archives: 2010
Vacation with us…Mangun
National parks are a blast and Farm and Dairy loves to visit them when it can. When John and Carol Mangun from Carrollton, Ohio,...
Children’s eating habits not influenced by parents
BALTIMORE -- As primary caregivers, parents are often believed to have a strong influence on children's eating behaviors. However, previous findings on parent-child resemblance...
Vacation with us…Petersen
Traveling in groups is great fun. So, when a pack of friends decided to head south to the Biltmore mansion in Asheville, N.C., Farm...
Vacation with us…Shroyer
Loyalty is hard to come by. Jim and Norma Shroyer from Fresno, Ohio, have been farmers for thirty years; loyal to their profession. They...
Ask FSA Andy: Catch up on your farm recordkeeping
Hello Again,As I drove into work this morning, I saw the woods speckled with orange in a variety of places…in trees…around abandon barns…. sitting...
Young farmers can use bad economy as learning tool
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Today's tough economy gives experienced farmers an opportunity to teach younger farmers planning and decision-making skills they might not learn...
A Black Friday mouse tale
"I asked for riot shields, but they wouldn't give me one, so it's not going to be that bad I don't think."-- Target employeeI...
Our youth are the future of agriculture
2010 ... It has been a "dickens" of a year! The challenge of the American job market has loomed in blogs, coffee shop conversations...
When deciding how to mount a deer, it’s wise to be picky
Whether it’s a 12- or 14-point monster, probably the trophy of a lifetime or a spindly fork horn, perhaps the very first deer taken...
Veterans’ sacrifices don’t change with times
As the holiday season approaches, I find myself thinking more and more about the families pulled apart by military service. It goes without saying...
