Yearly Archives: 2016
NFU farm safety videos aim to reduce accidents
National Farmers Union offers videos to enhance farm safety.
Weeds gone wild: How to control weeds naturally
After weeks of battling weeds, by June gardeners are tempted to throw in the hat. Tools, natural herbicides, mulch and cover crops can help control weeds.
The Calame family takes on full-time poultry farming
Three years ago the Calame family got into poultry farming in Huron County, Ohio, and now transport over 160,000 eggs twice a week to local hatcheries.
Krikke family has engineered way to good farm stewardship
Huron County family focuses on producing pork in an environmentally responsible way.
If you give a cow a name…
A British study from a few years ago found that if you name your cows, they’ll give more milk.
Hazard a guess at this wooden flea market find
Help us identify this flea market find. This wooden tool was found in Washington County, Pennsylvania and its owner could use some help identifying it.
Vacation with Us: Salahub & Geiger in Shipshewana
Nancy Geiger and Donna Salahub, of Zanesville, Ohio, visited Shipshewana, Indiana, home of the Midwest’s largest auction and flea market, with Farm and Dairy.
Vacation with Us: The Sudimaks in Roanoke
Farm and Dairy traveled with Rodney and Jeanna Sudimak to Roanoke, Virginia, to ride on this train pulled by a recently restored J611 steam...
Expanding the herd: Pfeifer Dairy prepares for the next generation
Pfeifer Dairy, in Crawford County, has been a family-run operation since 1902 and is now seeing its fourth and fifth generations on the farm.
Vacation with Us: Rodriguez family in Santo Domingo
Pearle Burlingame, of North Lima, her daughter, Carol Rodriguez, and her husband, Robert (from Minturn, Colorado) recently visited daughter, Linda McElryo and family in...
