Time for pasture ‘spring cleaning’
Walking fence lines, inspecting for weak spots, finding weed stands, setting up rotational grazing patterns and more will help get your pastures ready.
‘I used to say FDA stood for foot-dragging artists’
Alan Guebert digs into the reasons regulating food takes a back seat at the Food and Drug Administration.
E15 good politics, but questions still remain
On the surface, it would seem that allowing E15 would be a boon for production. It is not that simple. Marlin Clark explains in this week's grain report.
An inside look at walleye and saugeye management in Ohio
The efforts of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife make walleye and saugeye fishing at inland lakes across Ohio possible.
Clean water, air are the essential free nutrients
Prepare now for summer weather by providing additional water tanks and proper airflow for your dairy herd.
Homer
A poem by Bryce Angell about a horse named Homer, who took him for the ride of his life.
Easter calls to mind family history and a legacy of love
Judith Sutherland reminisces about her grandparents and all their love built, beginning in a simple ceremony on Easter in 1931.
Drought years teach stoic optimism
After a lifetime spent in places where rainfall is plentiful, Eliza Blue was unprepared for the realities of living in an ecosystem where drought is common.
Cooking for two is tedious
Kymberly Foster Seabolt finds the urge to eat strikes far more than the urge to prepare meals does now that she's only cooking for two.
2,500 gallons of water per bushel of irrigated corn is ‘too much’
Because of agriculture’s overall thirst, it is the biggest, fattest, slowest target in every effort to re-allocate today’s dwindling supplies of water.
