Yearly Archives: 2024
The first order of business in Congress is unfinished business
The outgoing Congress faces a hectic sprint to complete a long list of unmet legislative duties before their pre-Christmas adjournment.
Christmas cursing
Although it is NOT in the spirit of the season to be cursing a Christmas tree, many of us end up frustrated putting ours up.
Western Pa. residents fight for increased well pad setbacks
Residents in township across western Pa. fight for increased oil and gas well pad setbacks while organizations fight for a bigger change at the state level.
Waiting on the WASDE for market movement
Marlin Clark offers an update on the grain markets ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report.
West Virginia farmers can apply now for state drought relief funds
The West Virginia state legislature allocated $10 million in surplus funds to go to livestock farmers as they recover from this year’s historic drought conditions.
Clubmosses brighten the winter woods
Tami Gingrich explores the unique features of an ancient group of vascular plants known as the clubmosses that evolved over 400 million years ago.
Gift ‘A Crusade for Conservation’ this year
Jim Abrams poured his love of the outdoors into writing “A Crusade for Conservation,” a book detailing the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s 150-year history.
How not to talk to strangers
Farm and Dairy Editor Rachel Wagoner loves talking to strangers and hates talking about politics. How does she reconcile these two things?
Prairie restoration offers a glimpse of the plains of Ohio’s past
Since the 1970s, nearly 3,000 acres of the Darby Plains have been restored to their original glory, using grass and wildflower seeds from those tiny patches of the original plains.
Embrace the here and now
Judith Sutherland writes about the fleeting nature of life and how we must "embrace the here and now with gusto."
