Yearly Archives: 2014
Strategy, perseverance keep 200-year-old farm moving
Seven generations have worked the Anderson Farm in Canfield, Ohio. The farm has been recognized by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and U.S. Senate as being a bicentennial farm.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Sept. 11, 2014:
BELLEVUE, Ohio — The week of Aug. 10 started the most busy time of the year. It’s fair week.
The Bellevue FFA not only supports...
Futuristic Oliver, built on shoestring, still head turner
On February 23, 1929, Charles City, Iowa, residents read startling news in the Charles City Daily Press: There was to be a $50 million merger between the Hart-Parr Company, one of the city’s major firms, the Oliver Plow Works and Nichols & Shepard Company.
This Sept. 11, take time to reflect
This Sept. 11, remember the things that really matter.
Breeding soundness exams render better lambing, kidding seasons
Using only one ram? If you don't do a breeding soundness exam, you're risking big bucks.
Ohio farmers engage in on-farm nutrient research
Northwestern Ohio farmers aren’t waiting to tackle the issue of water quality.
Winter kills wildlife, or does it survive the cold?
Last winter many readers wrote to ask how wildlife could survive the frigid polar vortices.
Online class will help smaller poultry farmers
Many small farms integrate a poultry enterprise -- and many new farmers get started with poultry -- because chickens, eggs, turkeys, and ducks are popular with customers, low-investment, quick-turnaround enterprises.
Dairy prices don’t make sense, for now
Milk prices are good now, but get ready for a change.
Get a job! (But hone interview skills first)
One of the many benefits of being a writer is that my commute is short. (I gained 7 pounds the year I got a laptop and no longer had to walk all the way to the third floor to write).
