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Milk support prices, annual loan rates unchanged for now
Last fall’s ag appropriations act extends the Milk Price Support Program through May 31, 2002, at the 2001 milk support price of $9.90 per hundredweight.
More than 60 youth qualify for nationals at Buckeye State Pedal Tractor Pullers state champions
Greycen Johnson, of East Palestine, Ohio, won the 5-year-old Boy State Pedal Tractor pull at the Hartford Fair on Aug. 12.
High prices: What’s a carnivore to do?
If most Americans followed commodity prices as blindly as they follow the Kardashians, the national dinner menu might well feature bushels of cheaper-by-the-day grains and teaspoons of record-priced pork, beef, poultry and fish.
June Dairy Month not time to celebrate
URBANA, Ill. — June Dairy Month marks the midpoint of 2009, a year that clearly will not be “kind” to dairy producers, said a University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist. “Dairy managers are recording huge financial losses,” said Mike Hutjens. “Milk prices dropped nearly 40 percent starting last January, reaching less than $12 per hundred
Farmers are swamped by feed costs
In recent years, the explosive changes around us — especially in the technological age we find ourselves — have been described as constant ripples of change or as “white waters” of change. I’m sure all of you all have noted the white water as it splashes over rocks in the rapids of streams. With respect
Anti-ethanol effort led by grocers
According to two documents posted on Sen. Charles Grassley’s, R-Iowa, congressional Web site, the “grassroots” anti-ethanol media blitz that’s hitched today’s climbing food prices to farmer-backed biofuels is as fake as astro-turf. Indeed, Grassley explained to Senate colleagues during his May 15 endorsement of the new farm bill, “It turns out that a $300,000, six-month
Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District: Baltes earns top cooperator honor
Andy Baltes ofNorth Jackson received the district’s Cooperator of the Year award for conservation practices he has implemented on his 375-acre dairy farm.
Think twice before giving pets as gifts
Is the winter holiday season really the best time to take on a new pet? Scott Shalaway helps you weigh the pros and cons of giving a pet as a gift.
Roundup of FFA news for Nov. 7, 2019
Catch up on local FFA news from R.G. Drage FFA, Smithville FFA, Zane Trace FFA and Western Reserve FFA.
Our readers reach out to Gulf Coast
SALEM, Ohio – Farm and Dairy readers sure know how to make a difference.
In a March 2 article, Ohio offers hand to Gulf Coast farmers, cattleman Duane Plessinger asked for help in his efforts to donate and deliver hay to Gulf Coast farmers still struggling to make ends meet months after hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
