Is Your Family Ready for Backyard Chickens?

Is Your Family Ready for Backyard Chickens?

Have you noticed the price of eggs is rising, again? The average price for a dozenlarge Grade A eggs went from $2.72 in June to $3.08 in July to just under $4.00 lastmonth. Though higher than in previous years, it’s still lower than the $4.82 consumerspaid on average...
Responsibility, “Came With the Horse”

Responsibility, “Came With the Horse”

by Donna M. Cecil Although our Summit County Fair has been put to bed for another year, there are stillsome counties yet to welcome their 2024 fairs. If you actually took the time to walk theaisles of the 4-H livestock barns and then took more time to “think about”...
Livestock Farm Safety Tips

Livestock Farm Safety Tips

There are lots of things people just never think about, but they can make a huge difference in the safety of their livestock, as well as themselves and other people.  To make sure your farm meets basic safety requirements—including the less obvious ones—we’ve...
Feeding Your Horse in the Winter Months

Feeding Your Horse in the Winter Months

By Donna Cecil Have these last couple weeks of cooler weather sparked that winter readiness panic?  Do you have enough hay squirreled away to get you through those “heavy hay feeding” cold winter months?  I like to have about 1,800 to 2,000 small square...