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Coalition launches pilot project to improve beef
McDonald’s USA, Tyson Foods, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Beef Marketing Group and Golden State Foods announced the two-year pilot research project.
Part I: Making effective New Year’s resolutions for the farm
Time management, herd genetics, forage, infrastructure? Identifying areas of the farm in need of improvement is not difficult for most farmers. Deciding which areas to focus resolutions on IS.
Historic market faces hurdles, opportunities
Cleveland’s West Side Market has a 100-year history, but faces some big decisions ahead.
Sports show’s decision to pull guns sets a bad precedent
What was to be the annual big event of the year for sport show fans may be at death’s door. Indeed, the Eastern Sport and Outdoor Show was scheduled to run this week in Harrisburg, Pa. as it has for years, but an ugly turn of events kept the sprawling Pa. state capital farm complex
Even in ‘warm’ winter weather, dairy calves need better nutrition
“Chill in the air, calves get fluffy hair.” Sounds like something from an old almanac, but I just made it up. While some calves seemingly do get a long and fluffy hair coat overnight, the more important cue of that chill is for calf feeders to feed baby calves more. Good calf feeders know, however,
Memorable hunt taught me how to pack
One of my fondest memories happened over 20 years ago when several friends banded together to hunt caribou on the wild, Alaska tundra. It was the first opportunity any of had to pack for a week-long, fly-in hunting trip, a drop camp in the wilderness, a test of outdoor skills, and the first time we
Rain markets break from highs
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade have broken sharply on the overnight trading going into Tuesday morning (Aug. 24), as this is written. Corn, soybeans, and wheat have all traded dramatically lower, leaving the highs of the last few days behind. I had to do some quick mental calculations when K-2 called from the
Turbulent market leaves grain buyer scratching his head
The next big news is projected plantings, out the end of March from USDA. If low prices compared to input costs limit corn acres, we can get some pop in the market.
Crop harvest drags into Thanksgiving
USDA released the Sunday night Crop Progress Report Monday after the close, and it was not pretty. Harvest still drags on, and rain coming into the Midwest this week will not help. Thanksgiving will come and go with corn, and even soybeans, still in the fields. One of the biggest traditions of my youth was
With these presidents, the buff stopped here
DALLAS — With the 2008 presidential election weeks away, Gold’s Gym, the world’s leading fitness authority, released an analysis of the 10 fittest presidents throughout American history, taking a look at the role exercise has played in shaping each presidency. Various routines The research revealed that the fitness routines of the 43 leaders who have
