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What we’re reading: 9/16
This week we’re reading about native foods, the five second rule and more.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 10, 2014
During the Sew Sew Sweet 4-H sewing club’s June meeting, a member brought up her idea for her community project.
Claims process in place for alleged discrimination at USDA
Hello again! As part of continued efforts to close the chapter on allegations that discrimination occurred at USDA in past decades, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the establishment of a process to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans. Claims process
Your turn: Some readers can really write
Thirteen years ago this week a thin packet containing four agricultural columns hit the cluttered desks of 124 newspaper editors and publishers in 14 Midwestern states.
Wrinkles: Shedding light on woes
I didn’t set out to become high-maintenance, really I didn’t. I was tripping along, clam-happy, unmanicured, and completely wash-and-go through my 20s with nary a problem.
Might be more to cause of dead cows than meets the eye
Reader questions other possible causes of cattle death.
Is your pasture prepared for extreme weather?
Learn more about the issues associated with extreme winter conditions and what producers can do to protect their herds.
Holmes SWCD honors conservation efforts
Holmes County honored farmers for their conservation projects during the 70th annual SWCD banquet.
Top 10 farm machinery innovations: My first five
Ever speculate about what were the most significant new developments in agricultural machinery during the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries? I was asked this some years ago and this is the list I came up with. I don’t believe any of them, with the possible exception of the cotton gin, can be
Imagine: McCormick-Deere instead of McCormick-Deering
When the farm implement giant, International Harvester Company, was formed in 1902 by the merger of the McCormick, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano and Champion harvester lines, it immediately gave the new firm about 90 percent of the binder and 80 percent of the mower production in the U.S.
