Tag: beef cattle
Suicides plague Michigan farms. Michigan just ended money to help
Stress over weather and markets to sell their products has endangered family farms. And now, state funding for farmer mental health counseling is gone — not among the items renewed in this year’s budget.
Sydenham Fall Fair keeps up agricultural tradition for next generation
‘We’re getting it to be almost a generation from being on the farm. In some cases it might even be more than that.’ — Keith Reid, Sydenham Agricultural Society
Youth impress judges during 4-H beef show at Owen Sound fair
In what was arguably the deepest class of the Grey County 4-H Beef Showdown, it was going to take a flawless showing to come out on top as junior showperson. Jaiden Stull of Markdale and her yearling heifer Maddy did just that during the show at the 173rd Owen Sound Fall Fair on Friday. “It […]
Owen Sound Fall Fair being scaled back up for 2025
Fair to include the return of a Thursday night lineup and a kid-friendly midway
In the factory or on the pasture, ‘failure is not an option’
Jim Whitley’s “git ‘er done” farm skills aided him in manufacturing, but his Honda experience benefitted the farm and pasture too