Fruitful occupation? Family rolls with punches in orchard business
Brownhelm Township farmer Roger Miller reports 1986 losses of about 75 percent of apples and 60–70 percent of peaches due to a deep cold spell. Despite poor peach production, the family diversifies crops and markets through Miller Orchards Market and Apple Hill Farm Market, planning early apples from August to October while maintaining five orchard sites to limit weather risks.
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Alana Baranick
C-T
Brownhelm Township
Roger Miller
Ohio
Miller
David
Brownhelm
Henrietta
Miller Orchards Market
Vermilion Road
Apple Hill Farm
Route 113
Dwight Miller
Roger
Memorial Day origins and personal cemetery reflections
The writer muses on Memorial Day origins in Boalsburg and Columbus, then details personal observances in Paulding and Brownhelm, noting family graves, memorial trees, and a yearning to replace tombstones with a living memorial garden across the county.
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State College
Boalsburg
Columbus
Mass
Paulding County
Maebelle
Ted
Upper Austria
Brownhelm
Dairymen condemn tax loopholes for large dairy firms
Ohio farmers decry tax-exempt bonds used by Masstock International to back five Georgia dairies of 1,000 cows each with expansion potential. With Congress weighing stricter rules, critics argue tax shelters hurt small farmers while inviting foreign operators and rising production. The OFU backs a Senate Finance Committee plan to bar such bonds.
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Ohio Farmers Union
South
Congress
Midwest
Snyder
Farm Radio
Phil Allen
Virgil Thompson
U.S
Senate Finance Committee
OFU
Ohio crop report shows strong corn planting progress
Ohio corn planting reached 90 percent complete and 55 percent emerged with crusted soils rototilled to aid emergence. Soybeans at 48 percent planted and 15 percent emerged, above average. Rain limited herbicide activation in some areas while showers elsewhere aided weed control. Winter wheat heading 20 percent, oats, hay, and pastures fair to good, alfalfa budding short growth. Weevils near economic threshold. some farmers chose haulage over hay. Sugarbeet stands cultivated. vegetables planted for pickles.
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Ohio
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