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COLUMBUS — With summer just around the corner, and people ready to enjoy another season on the water,  the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Watercraft is joining agencies across the country to recognize National Safe Boating Week, May 16–22.

“Safe boating isn’t complicated. A life jacket, a plan and a little awareness go a long way,” said...

Before the years of television’s multiverse and time-wasting computer games, kids were pretty good at entertaining themselves. Summertime was the best. Friends were gathering for pick-up basketball and baseball games, jumping into ponds and community pools, fishing for sunfish, catching crayfish and salamanders and riding woodland trails on big-tired bikes before there was su...

Calving in eastern Ohio usually happens in the spring or fall. They both have advantages and disadvantages. Since it is currently spring, let us explore concerns that can happen during spring calving in wet, muddy conditions. There are three concerns about calf health in muddy conditions that we will focus on: calf scours, navel ill and coccidiosis.

One of the m...

“Son, a man’s character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable, his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn’t do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth.”

Welcome to episode 57 of Farm and Dairy’s virtual newsletter, the Weekly Rundown, where reporters Liz Partsch and Paul Rowley discuss the top stories from this week’s issue in our newsroom.

In episode 57, Liz and Paul break down the headlines from the May 7 edition, including: