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Ohio Farmers Union supports limited moratorium on fracking permits
COLUMBUS — Like most Ohio landowners, members of the Ohio Farmers Union discussed Ohio’s natural gas boom during their 2012 public policy discussion, held during their convention Jan. 27-28. Limited moratorium The group’s members approved language for this year that supports a limited moratorium on the issuance of permits by the Ohio Department of Natural
Have the grain markets bottomed out?
After watching the grain markets on May 8, Marlin Clark is nervous that the recent low prices are just a bounce on the way lower.
Bottom line? Easy does it for cattle
ONAGA, Kan. — Cattlemen often analyze practices based on the return on investment (ROI), but usually they’re only talking about money. Tom Noffsinger, veterinarian and low-stress animal handling specialist from Benkelman, Neb., says working cattle can prove an old equation: investing a little more time then can have significant payoffs down the road. “People can
Easter spending: Peter Cottontail is on a budget
WASHINGTON — Americans will celebrate Easter in style and on budget this year, according to the National Retail Foundation’s Easter Spending Survey. Still big business Keeping cost and their shopping list in mind, the average person celebrating Easter will spend approximately $145.13 on candy, decor, apparel and food, flat with last year’s $145.28. Total spending
Dairy’s bottom line rests on details
Each dairy producer should identify factors most important to achieving his bottom line, and then breed the kind of cow that fits that structure. That’s the advice of the manager of a 3,000-cow Florida dairy.
Dairy tool improves bottom line
SALEM, Ohio- Even the best dairies have areas where they can squeeze a few more dollars. Maybe it’s reproduction.
Learning from the cottonwoods
Eliza Blue marvels at the small grove of cottonwood trees on her South Dakota ranch, recalling indigenous Americans’ teachings about the trees.
Cotton ruling is blow to exports
You don’t own any cattle, so the court-clouded Canadian beef import rule doesn’t affect you, right?
Likewise, you don’t make fructose, raise sugar beets or grow cotton so all that mumbo-jumbo about NAFTA, CAFTA, TRIPS and the WTO is better left to those smart trade-talkers in Washington, Brussels and Geneva.
Replacement heifers: Management benefits the bottom line
Reproduction is the most influential factor contributing to the profitability of a cow calf producer.
Monsanto looks to lock up cotton market
In a move somewhere between brilliantly audacious and unbelievably outrageous, Monsanto’s Aug. 15 offer to buy Delta & Pine Land Co.
