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As the lazy, hazy days of summer have been replaced by Jack Frost and thoughts of sugar plums dancing in our heads, our farm chores are also changing. Pasture growth has slowed down and may be stopped for all practical purposes, however our livestock still have daily needs to be met. Our efforts in managing
What to look for in an ag secretary
Alan Guebert ponders how challenging it is to find one person with the combined skills needed to fill the about to open job of the secretary of agriculture.
Youth dairy show draws 129 entries
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Central West 4-H and FFA District Dairy show was held at the Lawrence County fairgrounds July 21. Dwight Stoltzfus of Berlin, Pa., judged the Ayrshire, Holstein, Red and White and Milking Shorthorn entries. Victoria Baker of Scottdale, Pa., judged the Jersey, Swiss and Guernsey entries. There were 129 head of
Ag package includes direct payments and crop insurance reform
Congress approves farm assistance package that includes crop insurance overhaul.
A coal camp Christmas
Second place: Alex Keck, 17, of Hanoverton, Ohio It was early December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression in the tiny Pennsylvania coal mining town of Dunbar. The rows of company houses coated with black coal dust cast a bleak silhouette against the cold gray sky. Ida was 9-years-old and she along her
Winter from the window
Short snaps of deep cold were not rare but all were deeply unwelcome. The cows, the hired men, the plumbing, the shivering calves, the machinery—everyone and everything—moved slower or not at all when temperatures fell to zero or below.
Farm and Dairy’s Field Notes: Episode 5
This week, Farm and Dairy reporter Kristy Seachrist tells us about the National Tree Farm of the Year, located in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, plus the top 10 tips for marketing your timber. In addition, we take a look at an aviation museum in Warren, Ohio.
Congress: Be sure to read it and then pay
On Jan. 5, 2011, www.gop.gov, the website for the “House Republican Majority,” trumpeted news that its members had acted on their “promise” to “ensure that bills are debated and discussed in the public square by publishing the text online for at least three days before coming up for a vote in the House of Representatives.”
Iowa ag titans clash over Leopold Center leader
Iowa’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture starts 2010 embroiled in controversy over its next director.
Agriculture committee: Don’t move all of APHIS to homeland security
A new proposal will keep portions of APHIS in the department of agriculture.
