Yearly Archives: 2005
Watchin’ Tony Walk
On mornings when I'm not working away from home, around 7:50, our dog Lydia begins her bark that usually announces just about anything that moves in our vicinity.
Getting hammered on home improvement
There are just some things no woman ever wants to hear from her spouse including: "Honey, I've met someone.
Youth raise $137,991 in Crawford County, Pa.
See who took top honors in the steer, hog and lamb competitions at this year's Crawford (Pa.) County Fair.
Wayne County youth wrap up another fair season
See who took top honors in the steer, hog and lamb competitions at this year's Wayne County Fair.
Smoking out worms
WASHINGTON - Nightcrawlers may be at least partly responsible for the sometimes rapid movement of liquid manure and chemicals through soil to underground drainage pipes.
Pa. ships aid to Gulf Coast
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two weeks after asking Pennsylvania's agriculture community to help farmers affected by Katrina, state Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff sent a tractor-trailer loaded with supplies bound for Mississippi.
Ohio farmers meet with Congress to discuss energy prices, disaster relief
COLUMBUS - Ohio Farmers Union members returned to their farms after three days on Capitol Hill talking with members of Congress on behalf of farm families in Ohio and around the nation.
Katrina destroys $5 billion in timber
WASHINGTON - Scientists from the USDA Forest Service reported Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed approximately 19 billion board feet of timber estimated at a value of $5 billion in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
Farmers’ health: You tell us
Have you or a farmer or farmwife you know been diagnosed with skin cancer? Are you feeling the effects of hearing loss from too many years of farm or forestry work without ear plugs or mufflers? Reporter Andrea Myers is interested in talking with anyone of any age who has a personal experience with either topic for a farm health and safety article.
Beaver County 4-H’ers face off at Big Knob
See who took top honors in the steer, hog and lamb competitions at this year's Big Knob fair.
