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Hog producers begin to see the first signs of economic recovery
URBANA, Ill. — The magnitude of losses from pork production operations is declining and profits are expected to turn positive in the spring of 2010, according to Purdue University Extension Economist Chris Hurt. “On the supply side, the USDA’s Sept. 25 Hogs and Pigs report revealed slightly larger reductions in the herd than had been
You want funny? I’ll give you funny
All truth passes through three stages, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once explained. “First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” That line came to mind June 18 when I heard a nationally known ag radio reader report that, the day before, the National Farmers Union had publicly
Improvement in cattle prices expected
The beef production sector has suffered one of the most dramatic negative impacts from the general economy, according to a Purdue University agricultural economist. This sector also has the potential to have one of the most dramatic positive responses when the world returns to greater normalcy. “As beef cow numbers continue to drop, beef exports
Creatures under rocks and in the skies: Help for hellbenders and birds
Here’s a question for the anglers in the family: Have you ever hooked a long, slimy, four-legged creature while fishing on a clear, cool, cobble-bottomed stream or river? It was an eastern hellbender, the largest salamander in North America. Hellbenders spend most of their daylight hours under large flat rocks on rocky stream bottoms. At
Court piles on meatpackers’ power
Killed the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. Largely gutted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s mandate to “promote fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture.
Farmer learns to live by the weather
Columnist Judith Sutherland concludes a series on Charles Smart, who learned in the 1930s that farmers live by the weather.
Fighting Lyme disease is often like doing battle with unidentified foe
While columnist Judith Sutherland and her son Cort continue to battle the ups and downs of Lyme disease, her work has helped another patient’s diagnosis.
Rare comic books hit investment range.
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about collection comic books from the rarest of the rare to the current issues that boys collect like baseball cards.
U.S. is becoming net farm importer
The gap between American export and import values is narrowing according to Purdue University economists
Average Ohio farm values up 3.7 percent
Since 2000, the average value of pasture land has increased 25 percent in Ohio.
