Yearly Archives: 2025
Mourning as a community means you are not alone
Eliza Blue mourns the loss of another beloved member of her community.
Keep roads safe and water clean this winter
Summit SWCD outreach coordinator Sandy Barbic offers tips to solve the over-salting problem problem on our sidewalks and driveways during winter.
Roundup of FFA news for Jan. 16, 2025
Catch up on FFA news from East Knox FFA, West Holmes FFA and Black River FFA.
Roundup of 4-H news for Jan. 16, 2025
The Hicks and Hayseeds 4-H club met Jan. 7 in Hanoverton.
Endophytes in pasture management: Balancing livestock and forage health
Endophytes are microscopic fungi living symbiotically within plants, but their presence is often detrimental to livestock.
How to manage corn diseases
Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh offers insights and advice on managing corn diseases.
Old farm barns were the perfect spot for winter basketball
Judith Sutherland recalls the fun she had playing "barn ball" during her youth.
CoBank: Rural economy will be ‘squeezed, hobbled, slowed’
Alan Guebert weighs in on factors affecting farm and ranch finances in 2025.
Corn was staff of life for settlers, but was always labor intensive
After corn was husked, it had to be shelled and processed before it could be cooked into a meal in the early 1800s in Ohio Country.
Good time for the good stuff
Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges readers not to save the "good stuff" for a rainy day, and instead enjoy it more often.


















