Monthly Archives: February 2014
Geauga County Extension offers Maple 101 class
Aspiring and beginning maple sugaring producers wishing to hone your skills may benefit from this program.
Tractor Supply Co. announces FFA scholarship program
Following a successful initial campaign in 2013, Tractor Supply Company has announced the second annual Growing Scholars program in partnership with the National FFA Foundation.
The gift that keeps on giving
If you’re an ag-dependent advertising agency, a commodity organization hired hand or an ag journalist who can’t do math, commodity checkoffs are a gift...
Broken things
I am a breaker of things. I don’t mean to be. I just am. Fabric tears. Metal dents. Handles fall off. This is why...
Pero Dairy: Family, farming and community life
EAST CANTON, Ohio — Imagine being responsible for six children, 132 dairy cattle and 400 acres on a daily basis.
Some would say it is...
Barn fire: A wound too fresh to begin to heal
In this life, we have to stand stronger than the winds that blow.
It goes without saying that none of us could stand strong without...
Women prove they’ve come a long way, baby
Even though women have, since the beginning of time, labored mightily to help feed, clothe and house their families, as well as bearing the...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Feb. 13, 2014:
OBERLIN, Ohio — The Firelands FFA, Firelands Student Council and the principal’s fund sponsored nationally-known speaker and best seller Sam Glenn Feb. 4.
Firelands students...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 13, 2014:
CORTLAND, Ohio — The Trumbull Co. 4-H Dairy Judging Team elected Zane Lehmann, president; Tabatha Sherbourne, vice president; Lauren Almasy, secretary; and Keith Barto,...
Hibernation is one way to beat winter’s chill
Animals hibernate differently, but for the same set of reasons.
