Yearly Archives: 2010
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Don Rupert
Don RupertDonald C. Rupert, whose innovative farm management and dairy breeding thinking inspired many, died April 21, 2009, He was 95.Rupert earned a...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Wayne T. Darling
Wayne T. DarlingWayne T. Darling, owner and publisher of Farm and Dairy, died Jan. 8, 2005. He became president of our parent company, Lyle...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Edwin Copeland
Edwin CopelandEdwin Copeland, who served nearly 50 years as a cooperative weather observer for the National Weather Service, died Dec. 27, 2005. He was...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: James F. Cavanaugh
James F. CavanaughJames F. Cavanaugh, executive secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Club from 1956 to July 1, 1985, and the founding executive secretary...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Howard Brembeck
Howard BrembeckHoward S. Brembeck, founder of Chore-Time, and later the Brock company, and whose inventions revolutionized livestock and poultry feeding, died Dec. 5, 2010,...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Harold L. Smith
Harold L. SmithA champion of woodland management and forestry education, Harold L. Smith, died Oct. 30, 2007, at age 97.The Mahoning County, Ohio, resident...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Roy Wallace
Roy WallaceRoy Wallace, a founder of the national Beef Improvement Federation, died Jan. 20, 2008, while — fittingly — attending the National Western Livestock...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade
Eleven years ago, the dawn of the new year also heralded a new century. The country freaked out a little about the whole Y2K thing (none of the computers will know what to do with the new date and whole systems will shut down), but it didn’t happen. And technically, the 21st century didn’t begin until Jan. 1, 2001.Now, we’re wrapping up the first decade in this new century, we thought it was only fitting to look back at great contributors to the agricultural community we mourned this first decade.
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: George Eli Sharec
George Eli SharecOne of Ohio’s biggest champions of conservation efforts and no-till production, George Eli Sharec, died May 2, 2008,His life’s passion revolved around...
We lost some great ones in century’s first decade: Merlin Woodruff
Merlin WoodruffMerlin D. Woodruff, nationally known auctioneer and voice of the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions for 46 years, died Dec. 30, 2007.A...
