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Smoldering silo at Portage County farm demolished

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Rachel Wagoner

MANTUA, Ohio — Two men and a sledgehammer. That’s all it took to take down the Kotkowskis’ 80-foot concrete silo. The silo was damaged by a fire last fall that destroyed the Kotkowskis’ barn and killed two-thirds of their goat herd. When its concrete staves hit the ground on May 1, it brought the couple one step closer to closing the final chapter on their farm life in Portage County. Blair and Karen Kotkowski had been waiting for the silo to come down to build their new modern beef barn.
Ohio FFA showcases student leadership in agriculture

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Paul Rowley

COLUMBUS — O-H? I-O! The 97th Ohio FFA Convention kicked off with pride and purpose as thousands of young agricultural leaders gathered to celebrate the impact of the 96-year-old organization that is as dedicated as ever to preparing them for leadership, personal growth and career success.
Hobby to hustle - Farm and Dairy

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

A short time ago I wrote that I needed a hobby. I was tired of relaxing every evening after dinner with nothing much to do. I enjoy reading and binge watching as much as any gal but I really wanted something MORE to do most evenings. I tried yoga but that doesn’t take up too much time — at least not the way I do it. That would be poorly and with very little commitment. Two and a half weeks ago, GirlWonder and her husband moved into their new-to-them-but-also-very-old house.
On the subject of a balanced budget, I repeat myself

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Alan Guebert

Somewhere along life’s highway, most of us learned to balance a checkbook. This task usually involved a pencil, the back of a used envelope and some basic math. Today, however, a click or two in a second or two delivers that up-to-the-second number. It’s the same for the federal government’s checkbook; a click or two takes you inside the nation’s ledger courtesy of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
EPA seeks clarity, once and for all, on ‘Waters of the US’

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Paul Rowley

SALEM, Ohio — Federal agencies continue to slog upstream through the murky legal and regulatory deluge surrounding a key component of the Clean Water Act as they work to clarify language used in the law governing water pollution once and for all. Just what is Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, referring to, anyway?
If you want change, then you are in the right place

1 week ago | farmanddairy.com | Alan Guebert

If you are one of the millions of Americans who pollsters say “voted for change” last November, boy, are you getting it now. As of this spring, for example, illegal border crossings in the western U.S., according to CBS News, have “plunged to a level not seen in at least 25 years.” That’s a massive change for America’s usually porous southern border. Massive change also sums up the Trump administration’s tariff policy but complex, arcane and costly might be more accurate.
Landslide - Farm and Dairy

2 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Kymberly Foster Seabolt

Well, I’ve been ‘fraid of changin’‘Cause I’ve built my life around youBut time makes you bolderEven children get olderAnd I’m gettin’ older, too— from “Landslide”by Stevie NicksThe day she turned 26 years old, our “baby” spent the evening tearing out an old drop ceiling in her kitchen. As the little bits of ancient plaster and mouse poop rained down upon her, she grinned and said, “I love my house.” We never doubted we had brought the correct baby home but that sealed it.
Ohio Barn Tour collects stories of craftsmanship, preservation

2 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Paul Rowley

ALLIANCE, Ohio — Barns have long stood as iconic markers of Ohio’s agricultural tradition, officially recognized as a state symbol in 2019. But they’ve always attracted keen-eyed admirers who study their craftsmanship with the same fervor that storm chasers reserve for swirling skies.
Ohio budget, energy reform discussed at farm bureau breakfast

2 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Paul Rowley

LISBON, Ohio — If state Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel and her Republican colleagues have their way, Ohio’s next biannual budget will be lean, mean and $4 billion short of what Gov. Mike DeWine had in mind. She shared the House’s no-frills approach to state spending at the Columbiana County Farm Bureau Legislative Breakfast on April 18, where elected officials offered updates on legislation and key issues facing Ohio’s farming communities.
‘More spectacular’ failure ahead

3 weeks ago | farmanddairy.com | Alan Guebert

Longtime readers of this weekly effort may recall my affection for the word “woodenheadedness.” It comes from “The March of Folly,” Barbara Tuchman’s 1984 book about “the pervasive presence… of failure, mismanagement and delusion in government.” In Tuchman’s telling, history is filled with “the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests despite the availability of feasible alternatives.” For example, this contrariness — or as she often refers to it, “woodenheadedness” —...