Dairy Channel: I had to understand the title.
Dianne Shoemaker northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about the International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference she attended in Indianopolis, and came away from without an answer to the question, "how do they convince a buffalo that she really wants to be milked?"
Dairy Excel: Ohio inches forward on PDR plan
James Skeeles, OSU Extension ag agent in Lorain County, writes about how a Farmland Preservation purchase program might operate.
Government intervention gets failing grade
A reader comments on the Bush education policy that threatens new orgies of spending, legislating, centralizing, and reforming.
History of Victorian furniture
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what happened to the chair between in the first half of the 19th century.
Wish for fish
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about her daughter's first taste of independence and her own taste for fish.
Read it Again: Week of July 26, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Hazard A Guess: Week of July 26, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Be wary when collecting native items
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the hazards of collecting artifacts relating to the American natives, especially when they are too perfect and too clean.
Pouring pickle juice
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about how a child can make something as simple as pouring out pickle juice so special.
Read it Again: Week of July 19, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.