Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Yearly Archives: 2006

Planning is one of the most critical functions of management. Planning decisions can range from the short term of addressing the everyday "fires" of the farm business to long-range planning for retirement, transition and estate planning.

The doctor took one look at Dad's leg and said we should get to the hospital. The angriest looking leg I've seen, his right calf was swollen twice its normal size, feverish, bright red like a bad burn from foot to knee.

Last week I suffered a grievous personal loss of a very dear friend. It was sudden and unexpected and although valiant lifesaving efforts were undertaken, all attempts to revive were ultimately unsuccessful.

WINONA, Ohio - An event doesn't just occur. It is a lesson in long-term planning. Dave and Jackie Smith, owners of

WINONA, Ohio - When Dave and Jackie Smith bought an 80-acre farm outside Hanoverton, Ohio, nearly 21 years ago, they knew rehabbing

WOOSTER, Ohio - Thanks to drought conditions in the southeastern U.S., soybean rust has stalled in its march northward to Ohio.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania will be better able to protect its food supply and livestock with the 2006-07 budget signed by Gov.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - One thousand Holstein enthusiasts gathered in Sioux Falls, S.D., June 23-24, for the 121st

OMAHA, Neb. - Seventy-three percent of American consumers are likely to purchase ethanol-enriched fuel, according to the results of a new national tracking study by the

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is banning cattle tissue capable of transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) from all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers.