Yearly Archives: 2005
Cleavers win Jefferson SWCD honor
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio - Charlie and Wanda Cleaver received the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District's Conservation Farmer of the Year award Oct.
A family’s tragedy: Six-year-old’s accident affects entire family
THE ACCIDENT Six-year-old Kyle Daugherty could think of nothing else he'd rather do that Friday after Thanksgiving.
FSA offices will not close
SALEM, Ohio - Just weeks after the USDA announced it would be closing more than 700 Farm Service Agency offices across the country, it scrapped its plans.
Entangled in grief: Coping with tragedy takes new twists with farm families
SALEM, Ohio - A family member's death is difficult, but when it's on a farm, the loss takes another challenging dynamic.
Tragedy tears at family friends
It was 20 years ago that I first became friends with Dorothy, a woman who joked that since she was twice my age she could give me twice as much advice as friends my own age.
U.S. ag trade offer to be short-lived
After a few tough months at home - falling poll numbers, staying at Rancho del Lazio while New Orleans flooded, Harriet "Who?" Miers - the Bush Administration sought to get its mojo working again by dropping an agricultural trade bomb in Geneva Oct.
Roadside Bumper Crop Is Fall Nuisance
The rampant display of campaign signs before election time annoys me, marring fall's promising vista with clutter.
Adding to the class menagerie
As usual, our family remains committed to causing highly educated and supremely dedicated professionals seriously doubt their career of choice.
Youth recognized for generosity
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio - The community turned out to support the exhibitors in the Loudonville Livestock Club.
Using current recommendations for nitrogen? You could be wasting money
WOOSTER, Ohio - Nitrogen application recommendations for Midwest farmers will soon be changing, mainly driven by a need to be more cost efficient as fertilizer prices continue to rise.