Monthly Archives: May 2014

I had the opportunity to assist corn and soybean farmers near the town of Catandica in west central Mozambique in Africa on my third CNFA Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) volunteer assignment.

Dale Royer and Brad Henderson, both of the Canfield United Methodist Church, are reading the Farm and Dairy, in Moore, Okla. They are part...

We were exhausted keeping up with the Goodemote family of West Middlesex, Pa., during a three-week European tour that included visits with cousins in...

By CATHY BERG As I sit here today in my office watching the trees sway in the wind, and admiring the beautiful hostas, irises and...

In an effort to make the two northwest Pennsylvania Wool Pools more efficient in labor management, equipment, and better on their wool poolers, the Mercer County and Lawrence County Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Directors have voted to combine their wool pools starting in 2014.

Childhood immunizations for measles have practically eliminated outbreaks of the disease in North America. However, outbreaks of the disease in North America started to pop up in 2013 and 2014. In Ohio, there are 17 reported cases in Ashland County; 6 reported cases in Coshocton County; 18 reported cases in Holmes County; 86 reported cases in Knox County; 1 reported case in Richland County and 1 reported case in Wayne County.

We joined Jim Kalina and Marie Kaluga for a great winter escape from Chicora, Pa., to the beaches of Naples, Fla. We’re sure they’ll...

It made me stand up a little taller when my dad said to me one morning in the milking parlor, “I just couldn’t farm without you. You do good work.”

Let’s examine how small songbirds such as warblers, vireos and flycatchers act as keystone species in forest ecosystems.

On May 8, the National Centers for Environmental Prediction forecasted a 65 percent chance of El Nino developing during the summer of 2014.