Yearly Archives: 2011
In tough job market, teens should consider volunteering to build skills
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Teens who expected to land a summer job are coming up empty handed."The jobs, which often involved the service sector at...
Landowners, prepare for storms, because you know they’re coming
What is with this rain? I have never seen this kind of rain before. We are getting 100-year rain events every year — how...
Who should take the blame for the United States economy?
Editor:I’m responding to the June 16 letter of Ian Murray. It was a critical assault on President Obama. Simplistic incorrect statements such as “regulation...
Part I: Grandmother’s influence on family
“My mother was deeply conscientious, hopeful, loyal. The land on our farm was beautiful, full of adventure, beckoning. The life there must sometimes, though,...
Planning to cope with emergencies
Flood water forces the exodus of cattle to higher ground. Drought does the same on a wider scale, only to greener ground. And in...
Just the facts when it comes to GIPSA
Hedge ’em, hide ’em or howl at ’em, facts are facts. Trim ’em, trash ’em or trip over ’em, they still are facts....
Want to cut junk food? Don’t pay with plastic.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- A new study led by Manoj Thomas, assistant professor of marketing at Cornell, found the "pain of paying in cash can curb impulsive urges to purchase unhealthy food products."
Pain management during dehorning, castration of calves is common sense
Last week the American Dairy Science and Animal Science associations hosted their joint annual meeting in New Orleans.
Waterfowl hunting at Magee Marsh off limits during restoration project
With application deadline for once-a-year special hunts in select Ohio state-managed and -owned lands fast approaching, waterfowl hunters may be wondering why always popular Magee Marsh is not on the list.
Vacation With Us… Hays
While the rest of Farm and Dairy country was likely soggy and grumpy April 30-May 7, we basked in the 80-degree weather in Sarasota, Fla.
