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Your program caused these problems
In the run-up to the Great Budget Sequester of 2013, a deeply indebted America once again learned what every American knows from birth: your government program got us into this mess, not mine. As evidence, look at the red-hot reaction by ag forces to the rumor — not fact, but rumor — that the White
U.S. House stalls farm bill progress
Journalism school doesn’t make cynics out of people who pick up the pen for a living. Committing journalism — using the pen to chronicle the escapades of crooks and crackpots you encounter as a journalist — often does, though. A glaring example of this transformation arrived in the late July action of Speaker of the
WVU researchers study how to keep wind turbines out of eagles’ flight path
Researchers at West Virginia University studied golden eagles’ flight patterns to determine why so many were being killed by wind turbines.
2012 outlook: What can we expect in farmland values and rent prices?
No revelation! Cropland values in Ohio have increased in 2011. An OSU Extension survey conducted in December 2010 estimated the increase in value of Ohio cropland in 2011 would be 5.3-6.0 percent. This was prior to sharp run ups in commodity prices.
December is a great time to get cozy with our financial numbers
Happy holidays to all of our northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers. It is hard to believe 2009 is coming to a close already. I know many dairy farmers are glad to see this horrific dairy price year come to a close. I sincerely hope 2010 will be a much better year for milk
Uncle Honey was all thumbs
A morning thunderstorm ripped through my rural farmette recently and in its wake I found a front yard peppered with green walnuts, a sky bluer than the Pacific and memories as warm as the August afternoon that threatened. On the big dairy farm of my youth, everyone — my two older brothers and I, my
Known by the company they keep
If it’s even partly true that you’re known by the company you keep, then the farmer-loved ethanol business got a lot less lovable Feb. 8 when Valero Energy Corp., the largest crude oil refiner in North America, announced its intent to purchase five of the choicest plants owned by mega-biofuel maker, mega-bankrupt VeraSun Energy. Should
Tips to discourage unwanted wildlife guests
With bird seed prices at record highs, resentment toward unwanted visitors at backyard feeders is likely to increase this winter. Who wants to spend nearly a dollar a pound for seed to feed deer, squirrels and pigeons? If you’re willing to pay any price to feed any critter that visits the backyard, you can stop
Business Profile: Danco General Contracting
LORDSTOWN, Ohio — The way Dan Wilson sees it, if the Mahoning Valley is growing, his business is growing. That’s why he’s a one-man economic development cheerleader for the valley, and specifically the Lordstown area he calls home. “I grew up here,” said Wilson. “We’re trying to grow Lordstown; we’re trying to grow the area.”
Silage values aren’t a magic number
Regardless of the weather, there is always a need for a reasonable estimate of the price of corn when used for silage.
