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Dairy markets favorable for start of new year
Profit margins, feed costs look better heading into 2014
Grain market bounces into the new year
In my grandmother Faragher’s Manx household was the tradition of the “Qualtagh.” The qualtagh, the first visitor to your home in the New Year, was a harbinger of the household fortunes for the year. A young, vigorous man was as good as it gets. A crusty, broken down old farmer meant you should dig a
USDA enrolls 255 million base acres on 1.7 million farms in programs
WASHINGTON — Approximately 255 million base acres on about 1.7 million farms were enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and in the Average Crop Revenue Election program. Direct payments USDA will issue nearly $4 billion in 2009 final direct payments to eligible producers on approved contracts. Producers have already received advance payments of approximately
Time to rethink agricultural policy
In this week’s commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on the fact that farmers have lost their empire and have not yet found their role.
The perfect balance
GUSTAVUS TOWNSHIP, Ohio – The component that often needs the most work on dairy farms isn’t butterfat or protein.
Ohio landowners donate ag easement
Two Union County landowners, Don and Marge Bailey, recently donated a permanent agricultural easement on their farm, totaling 104 acres.
Winter fuel price outlook a bit frosty
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Every year about this time, our thoughts turn to the beauty of the changing of the seasons.
Big Wheeling Agrarian Center keeps food local, trains farmers
At the Big Wheeling Agrarian Center, Matt Pounds and several other first generation farmers are building a diversified, “full diet” farm, which will also serve as training grounds for other beginning farmers in the area.
Columbiana County Fair competitors advance to National Pedal Pull Championship
Colbie Koons and Greycen Johnson sped through the Columbiana County Fair and state competitions to advance to the National Pedal Pull Championship.
Bayer CropScience and Monsanto enter into cross-licensing agreements
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —Bayer CropScience and Monsanto Co. have entered into a series of licensing agreements for next-generation and enabling technologies in the field of plant biotechnology that will provide new options and choices for farmers. Monsanto will provide Bayer CropScience with a royalty-bearing license to Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield and Genuity Roundup Ready
