Yearly Archives: 2014
At Ag Progress Days, officials report on ag industry: Everything on target
Speaking at Ag Progress Days, Pennsylvania’s leaders agree the state of the Commonwealth’s agriculture is strong and they are willing to fight to keep it that away.
History is airborne at Moore family farm
The Moore family has a long history in crop production, and a more recent interest in aviation.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Aug. 14, 2014:
BURTON, Ohio — The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H club met Aug. 3. The club wrote a check for barn decorations. There was no...
Hard work, embracing change pays dividends on the farm
Farm lessons included 'hard work, taking nothing for granted.'
Teens have earned my respect; adults, no
Here in the Midwest it is fair season. County fairs are gearing up, winding down, and whirling along.
Yup, fact is stranger than fiction
Herman Melville was a pretty good fiction writer, but his 1851 whale of a tale -- something about a big fish and a peg-legged man named Ahab -- was, in fact, based on the true story of the American whaling ship Essex that, in 1820, was attacked and sunk by a huge whale in the South Pacific.
Many thanks for another year of Ohio State Fair memories
Thank you to the parents, members and everyone else, for another great fair.
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Farmers depend on tuning into the world around them. Like a textbook, they read the land, plants and animals they raise for a living to determine their management choices.
Old property wills can make fascinating reading
Old wills, and I mean really old wills, are fascinating to read. They're a way to learn about how our ancestors lived, as well as seeing what worldly goods were important to them.
Good fishing intel before hitting Lake Erie = limit
The big hand hit six and we were on our way north, heading for Fairport Harbor, Ohio, to see if we could luck into a batch of yellow perch.
