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Expert analyzes U.S. dollar value, corn prices link
URBANA, Ill. — It is not uncommon for daily fluctuations in corn prices to be attributed to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies. So, what is the connection? From the side of the U.S. corn importer, a lower valued dollar in relation to the currency of that country, all
Daisy finds one playin’ possum
A few years ago on a cold winter night, Daisy, my yellow Lab, and I took a walk in the woods after a snow storm. Daisy enjoyed plowing through the ankle-deep snow with her nose. At one point she wallowed in the snow the way she rolls in mud holes in the spring. As we
Ah November …
Somehow, some way, 700 became the number the month of October revolved around. The stage was set Sept. 29 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 777 points after Congress failed to pass the White House’s bank bailout plan earlier that day. Chastened by the break, the massive, $700 billion deal then cleared Congress Oct.
Learning to feed the right wolf
(Editor’s note: I wrote this column in July 2003. Re-reading it this week, it seemed like an appropriate piece to reprint.
Current ag just isn’t sustainable
Every fence or barn built by a rancher, every tractor purchased by a farmer is an act of faith in the future because that fence, barn or tractor is an investment in 20, 30, maybe even 50 years of tomorrows.
Deck the halls with boughs of bunnies
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges homeowners to get over Christmas, dismantle candy cane lane and put the tree away. It’s almost Easter!
Penn State going to fly-by planting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Seeking to be a role model for farmers in the state and across the Northeast,
Ohio’s first spring wildflower isn’t a beauteous belle; it’s a stinky skunk!
The first wildflower to materialize on Ohio’s wintry landscape is the skunk cabbage.
Hog prices drastically lower this fall
URBANA, Ill. – Increased supplies do not seem to be the cause of weaker hog prices, which reached lows for the year during Thanksgiving week and averaged the lowest prices in November of the past 22 months, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
More farms funded with second round of Clean Ohio agricultural easements
All applications estimated agricultural easement value totaled nearly $70 million.
