Monthly Archives: April 2012
FSA Andy: Eating that milk chocolate Easter bunny and thinking about MILC
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the Milk Income Loss Contract will kick in for February, the first time there has been a payment for MILC since April 2010.
Conservation starts in your backyard
COSHOCTON, Ohio -- Do you ever remember mowing your lawn in March? Due to the warm weather this year many of us did just...
Farmers help neighboring farmers with Indiana tornado recovery
The March 2 tornadoes across the Midwest caused loss of life and extensive damage. Now, farmers are helping each other recover.
The Bluebird Effect explains uncommon bonds
The backyard nesting season is well under way here on the ridge. The first complete bluebird nest held five eggs on March 26. As...
Spring: Easter, birthdays and new life
Remember when old ones died and new were born. And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged. Remember when 30 seemed so old. Now, lookin' back...
Checkoff oversight virtually nil
More and more, the federally-mandated, non-refundable commodity checkoffs resemble something out of a Charles Dickens novel. Most feature huge casts, complicated plots and, to...
Vacation With Us… Nutter and Conrad
Recent Kent State University graduates Marc Nutter and Brit Conrad hiked the Appalachian Trail last May. They began at the southern trail head in...
Vacation With Us… Ketring and Vohnout
Best friends Amy Ketring, of Dun Deal Farm in Newbury, Ohio, and Emily Vohnout, of Rock House Farm in Valley View, Ohio, recently enjoyed...
Letter writer misrepresented landowners
This letter is in response to the letter by Steven J. Beck in the March 22 issue of Farm and Dairy. The tone of...
LETTER: When counting your shale money, remember your local community
Editor:It seems everywhere you go you hear or see something about the oil and gas phenomenon that is occurring in and around Columbiana County.Testimonies...
