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Cutting a fat hog on the taxpayers’ tab
The year isn’t five months old and hog farmers already have had a year to forget: a sick global economy sickening pork demand, costlier feed and a call-it-whatever flu that’s lopped $15 off hog prices in the blink of an eye. Indeed, 2009 has been so bad — on May 5, the National Pork Producers
Career growth
Paul Snyder is a natural when it comes to horticulture. The Kent State sophomore can rattle off information about dozens of flowers, trees and shrubs with no trouble.
Drill, baby, drill: It’s costing us
On Sept. 7, the nation’s second easy credit party in the last 30 years ended exactly as the first one ended: A fiscally conservative president named Bush put American taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars of bad debt after years of lax lending, lax regulation and lax monetary policy. The first after-party cleanup,
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 10, 2008
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The Kangaroo Krew 4-H club met June 27 with 11 members present. The club discussed project judging, animal sales and the upcoming county fair. Members took a test to prepare for judging and review what has been learned this year. Members also made decorations for the club’s fair booth. The next meeting
Being in the dark is sometimes best
It strikes me as a bit humorous that everything old has become new again in many segments of our society.
Riparian buffers: Restoring the home of the Buckeyes (and more)
Forest ecologist Charles Goebel aims to develop new riparian plantings adapted to the state.
Making the most of flat storage
PRINCETON, Ky. – With grain prices limping along, farmers are looking for creative ways to store grain that normally would have been sent directly from the field to the grain elevator.
Farmers caught between costs, prices
Allen Lines, OSU agricultural economist says that high costs and low prices are beginning to temper optimism among Ohio farmers Without the government program there would be a lot of farmers in financial deep water.
Rare tractors are real treasures
EAST SPARTA, Ohio – There are only seven Farmaster tractors left in the world and just six Intercontinentals.
New year, new deal? Only the Knucklehead Caucus knows
Alan Guebert digs into the challenges of passing bipartistan legislation like the 2024 federal budget and farm bill, and how 2024 is the year of elections.
