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New poultry litter application method holds promise in corn
Farmers often use poultry litter as an alternative to chemical fertilizer in pasture and row crop production, as it provides nutrients and organic matter for plants and soil.
Water quality and dairy farms: A summer meeting you shouldn’t miss
Water quality regulations impact agriculture (dairy in particular), so it’s a good idea to stay up-to-date with what’s coming down the pike.
New model says atrazine not likely to exceed regs in most farm regions
WASHINGTON — Agricultural areas need to closely monitor levels of the herbicide atrazine in groundwater, but a new model indicates the risk is lower than previously suspected.
Ohio State’s anaerobic digestion technology now being commercialized
WOOSTER, Ohio — Cleveland-based quasar energy group has broken ground on its first integrated anaerobic digestion system, a patent-pending technology developed by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center to increase the types of waste that can be converted to biogas for energy and fuel uses. The integrated system, known as iADs, is currently under
Remember Cash for Clunkers? It was a dud
ITHACA, N.Y. — The 2009 Cash for Clunkers federal vehicle trade-in program was a clunker itself. A new study found the program would have been more effective with higher fuel economy requirements for new vehicles and different vehicle-age thresholds for various types of trade-in vehicles.
Black Ink: Happy people lead to happy cattle
When ranchers or feedlot employees are unhappy or feeling stress, how much pride can they take in the job they’re doing? Call it mammalian empathy or stress-related errors of management, but those bad feelings are contagious across species.
Need Marcellus info? Ask Penn State
Don’t get the “facts” on Marcellus Shale drilling from your neighbor. Trust, but verify.
Ohio repeals estate tax, farmers see relief in sight
WOOSTER, Ohio — The “death tax” in Ohio is officially dead, or at least it will be as of the 2013 effective date. Properly known as the estate tax, it dates back to 1968 when it was enacted to replace the state inheritance tax. Current law assigns a 6 percent tax to estates of residents
Criticism of Milk Marketing Improvement Act is undeserved
Editor: There has been a lot of criticism, if not outright slander, leveled against the notion that dairy farmers need a farm milk price that reflects the average cost of producing milk, specifically the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 (S1645). Some call it welfare. Other call it anti-competitive or un-American or complain that
Ask Andy by FSA Andy
Hello Again, and Happy New Year! Happy New Year? Many of you might be looking up to the top of the page right now to make sure you did not lose a few months, but I can assure you the calendar has not moved. It is still October. But here at Farm Service Agency, October
