Monthly Archives: May 2011
Vacation with us… Greenfield
Daniel and Michele Greenfield, of Greenfield Berry Farm in Peninsula, Ohio, took Farm and Dairy along with them when they traveled to Cat Island...
Vacation with us… Gordon
Ralph Shorts and Elsie Gordon, of West Salem, Ohio, traveled to Mount Airy, Georgia, Jan. 28 to pick up this antique John Deere tractor...
Vacation with us… Helman
We are always honored to keep the brave men and women informed overseas. Such is the case with Dana Helman of the U.S. Navy Seabees, who served in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from September 2009 through March 2010 and is now serving at Camp Moreell in Kuwait.
Ford, Ohio State look to put dandelion roots to automotive use
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford and The Ohio State University are looking at dandelions in a new way by researching their potential use as a...
The Neys have it: Hay tools invented in Canton
There were two different Ney companies in Canton in the late 1800s and early 1900s, both making hay tools such as barn hay forks, carriers and track.
Envirothons challenge students to think about environment in new ways
Many soil and water conservation offices have been busy working with high school students who compete in the area Envirothons. For those unfamiliar with...
Let’s feed ourselves vegetables, too
Squeeze almost any official of almost any agbiz or farm group and the words “Feed the world” will cross their lips. The phrase is...
Success… at the end of a rope halter
They are barely able to walk and yet they pick up the end of rope halter and make their first debut in the show...
FSA built to support farmers and continues to do so
Hello Again!Do you remember the Great Depression with its Black Tuesday in 1929? Or did you experience the dust bowl and see the cloud...
Leave the land the way you found it: Motto keeps Muskingum County sheep farmers...
Dresden, Ohio couple striving to use good stewardship practices in land use.