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Ohio hog inventory up 6 percent, U.S. hog inventory down 2 percent

Monday, September 28, 2009

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Ohio hog producers had 2.04 million hogs on hand Sept. 1, up 2 percent from last quarter and up 6 percent from a year ago. The number of market hogs, at 1.88 million head, was up 3 percent from last quarter and up 7 percent from last year. Breeding stock, at 160,000

State, local budget crunches forcing Extension offices to go to voters

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Coshocton Co. OSU Extension is asking voters to pass a levy in November. The county is not alone.

Walmart pushes sustainability index

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Walmart threw its global shoulder into a sustainability product index initiative last week. Forget cap-and-trade legislation, ignore international commissions. Follow the smiley face instead.

West Virginia Small Farm Conference to be held Feb. 24-26

Friday, January 9, 2009

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Small Farm Conference will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Ramada Inn, Morgantown. In its fifth year, the conference will address the challenges and opportunities all small farm families face as they strive to manage their farm energy use, grow more profitable crops and animals and better market what

Ohio hog inventory up 5 percent; U.S. inventory down 2 percent

Friday, January 2, 2009

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Ohio hog producers had 1,930,000 hogs on hand Dec. 1, 2008, up 5 percent from a year earlier, and up 1 percent from last quarter. The number of market hogs, at 1,760,000 head, was up 5 percent from last year and up slightly from last quarter. Breeding stock, at 170,000 head, was

Livestock producers should embrace premise ID

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Why is Ohio so afraid of a premise identification program?

American Angus Association inducts Angus Heritage Foundation honorees

Friday, November 21, 2008

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The American Angus Association board of directors selected five individuals for induction to the Angus Heritage Foundation. Each year, a select group of individuals who have made significant contributions by dedicating their time, knowledge and efforts to the improvement and advancement of the Angus breed are inducted into the foundation. Inductees

A Skunk by Any Other Name … Would Still Smell

Thursday, August 21, 2008

My supervisor and coworker, Carol, spoke of an overwhelming skunk stink that pervaded her neighborhood the other night. It lingered for hours around her home. I came up short for a column and decided to update one from several years back when a picture of a man nose to nose with a skunk caught my

Pigeon King gets wings clipped in Maryland

Thursday, June 12, 2008

SALEM, Ohio — Another state has clipped the wings of Pigeon King International. Maryland’s Securities Commissioner filed an order requesting Pigeon King International and its owner, Arlan Galbraith, show cause for doing business there. The order, filed May 19, said the state had “determined that grounds exist to allege that Pigeon King violated the registration,

Ohio hog inventory up 7 percent

Sunday, March 30, 2008

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Ohio hog producers had 1.83 million hogs on hand March 1, up 1 percent from last quarter and up 7 percent from a year ago. Market hogs The number of market hogs, at 1,660,000 head, was up 1 percent from last quarter and up 7 percent from last year. Breeding stock, at