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Dairy Expo Holstein sale averaged $33,111 highest in expo history
MADISON, Wis. — Closing a week of sales at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., the World Classic 2012 Holstein Sale averaged $33,111, the highest grossing and averaging sale in World Dairy Expo history. Elm-Park Geisha PP-RED-ET topped the sale with a bid of $122,000 from David Jones Sahara Holsteins from Newport, United Kingdom.
Two Oklahoma hog farms targeted in HSUS undercover video
SALEM, Ohio — Two Oklahoma hog farms were the targets of a recent undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States, but what the HSUS is claiming is in the video is being disputed by others. Undercover video According to a news release, the Humane Society of the United States released undercover videos
Diversity keeps farmland values strong
Production farmland typically provides nominal annual returns of 8 percent to 10 percent and real returns of 4-6 percent.
Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the Fourth of July to push the House to act by late summer or no farm law will pass until after the November general election. That either-or view takes in a lot
Participate in a Christmas Bird Count this year
It began Dec. 14 and runs through Jan. 5. Birders all across the Americas will gather in small groups to census bird populations in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers from hundreds of locations will devote one entire day to counting all the wild birds they can find. Local leaders determine the exact date that
Two ways to write a letter
There are ways to write a letter and then there are ways to write a letter. One way includes pleasantries, ideas, even artful persuasion. Another features anger, bile and bricks. These differences were on display recently when two members of Congress wrote and sent letters of withering dissent. One, from Collin Petersen, the ranking member
Proper hay use vital to horse operation
Even if your feed budget is tight, you can’t skimp on your horse’s hay.
Horseback riding happens after all
Yes! Yes! Yes, I did go horseback riding — not on my exact 87th birthday but 10 days into my 88th year! I know this is not the most important happening I should write about — like the fragrant blizzard of pink and white blossoms now blowing across the driveway, like the two darling goslings
Eleventh hour for farm bill negotiations
Only a few days left to get the farm bill done in 2013.
Farm Oil Spill Prevention Plans: Required or not?
What should farmers do about SPCC plans now?
