Farm and Dairy

OCT 3, 2026 | SALE TOTAL: $352,415 | TOTAL LOTS: 249 FEEDER CALF HEIFERS: 32 LOTS

GRAND CHAMPION AND PREMIER EXHIBITOR: Katelynn Valandingham | Bid: $7,500 | Buyer: Full Circle Oil Field Services, Inc;
RESERVE CHAMPION: Liam Santee | Bid: $5,600 | Buyer: Woodruff Farm

FEEDER CALF STEERS: 59 LOTS

GRAND CHAMPION: Callie Work | Bid: $19,000 | Buyer: Integrity Oil Fi...

SEPT. 4 AND 5, 2026 | SALE TOTAL: $1,674,875 | TOTAL LOTS: 784 DAIRY BASKETS

Geauga Dairymen | Bid: $2400 | Buyer: Graham Hollow Farm

Thompson Ledge Dairy | Bid: $2500 | Buyer: Lausin Farms

Auburn Dairy | $9500 | Buyer: Maple Valley Veterinary Center – Kelly Knapp

BEEF

GRAND CHAMPION: Addie Burnett | Bid: $14,500 | Weight 1476 lbs | Buyer: Door Works &...

MCCONNELSVILLE, Ohio — How does that old saying go? The best-laid plans of mice and men and fair boards often go awry?

That’s one way to sum up the trouble this year at the Morgan County Fair, held Sept. 8 to 12.

On the second night of the festivities, the National Weather Service in Charleston, West Virginia, issued a flash flood warning for northern Morgan Cou...

So far, reader, we have covered most of the steps involved in flax processing, including retting, braking, scutching and several more. But there was still one last major job to be done before the flax could be spun into fine linen thread, and that job was hatcheling … or hackeling … or hetcheling. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for the various pronunciations.

The...

SEPT. 3, 2026 | SALE TOTAL: $123,862.97 | TOTAL LOTS: 76 STEERS: 13 LOTS

GRAND CHAMPION: Denton Wright | Bid: $4.25/lb | Weight: 1193 lbs | Buyer: Penn Energy;
RESERVE CHAMPION: Sadie Wright | Bid: $4/lb | Weight: 1286 lbs | Buyer: Milkhouse Meats

HOGS: 26 LOTS

GRAND CHAMPION: Emmett Woloshan Bid: $5.25/lb | Weight: 284 lbs | Buyer: Penn Energy;
RESERVE CHA...