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Field Notes for July 7, 2016
In this week’s episode of Field Notes, we look at this year’s wheat harvest and how the recent West Virginia flooding has affected farms and communities. We’ll also look at our latest Hazard a Guess item and Vacation with Us submission.
Ohio State plans New and Small Farm College
COLUMBUS — OSU Extension is offering a program targeted at the new and small farmer. The Southern Ohio New and Small Farm College is an eight- week program that introduces new farmers to a wide variety of topics. Seasoned farmers can also benefit.
Jungle of food safety may consolidate
One hundred years ago this week, the nation’s first extensive food safety laws went into effect. Inspired by Upton Sinclair’s stomach-churning novel The Jungle, President Theodore Roosevelt bullied Congress into passing the Food and Drug Act.
Environment and economics: Making the case for farmland preservation
(Editor’s note: This week, we begin a four-part look at Ohio’s farmland preservation efforts.) Each year in the United States, more than 1 million acres of land are converted from agriculture to other uses – never to be reclaimed.
Columbiana County Fair livestock sale totaled $280,000
LISBON, Ohio – A National Weather Service announcement Aug. 1 kicked off Columbiana County Fair week: “A heat advisory is in effect, and heat indices will be approximately 100 degrees, as temperatures in the low to mid-90s combine with high humidity.
Grain inspection extended 10 years
SALEM, Ohio – A federal program that protects U.S. grain farmers’ bounty and reputation here and abroad was reauthorized last week, giving the U.S. Grain Standards Act and Federal Grain Inspection Service another 10 years of life.
Be like pushmi-pullyu, not ostrich
In this week’s commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on New Jersey state legislators who are considering a bill that would prohibit veal calves from being tethered in individual stalls, among other veal production management practices.
All on the floor: Ohio company center stage at Big Dance
HOLMESVILLE, Ohio — It’s not every day a floor gets its own documentary or goes traveling around the country on a week-long tour. But, then again, there aren’t many floors in the world that get the kind of exposure this one is about to receive.
Do you want to early wean calves?
FARGO, N.D. – Midsummer means the calves should be maximizing gain at 20 to 30 pounds per week.
Recent seasonal rains have made the cows walking milk machines, which should continue as long as there is adequate forage quantity and quality.
Conflicting news, volatile market
Market observers and U.S. Department of Agriculture specialists continue to have different ideas about the size of this year’s corn and soybean crops. USDA came out with its grain stocks report last week, which included current estimates of the crop.
