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Pros, cons of feeding distiller grains
Distiller grains have been used as a feed ingredient in dairy rations because of high protein and fiber. Including them in a diet can lower feed costs.
Ohio, Pa. Small Grains Days on tap
A statewide small grains field day will be held in northwestern Ohio, and a similar event will be held in western Pennsylvania – both on June 20.
Greatest generation deserves thanks
Driving in to town one day late this summer, a warning light came on in my little yellow VW Beetle. I knew just where to go to have it checked out.
A farm: The greatest show on earth
Those of us lucky enough to be on farms know there is plenty of entertainment out among the more wild part of the country.
Grants offered for renewable energy
WASHINGTON — USDA is seeking applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to complete a variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Funding is available from USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses
Notes on whooping cranes and hummingbirds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently announced plans to reintroduce a non-migratory flock of endangered whooping cranes in Louisiana. If this proposal is approved, the reintroduction could begin in early 2011. There are approximately 1.3 million acres of suitable marsh habitat in southwestern coastal Louisiana. The cranes are not expected to be affected
Sandhill cranes perform a courtship to remember
The Platte River flows past Kearney, Neb., and in March it can be a cold, inhospitable place. It certainly was back in 1982. I was there for a professional meeting, but I spent my first afternoon shivering in a blind overlooking the river. Waterfowl, mostly Canada geese and mallards, covered the shallows and sand bars.
Grants keep local farming going
COLUMBUS — Ohio communities that want to try innovative ways to enhance the viability of local agriculture and the health of area farms can apply for funding from the Center for Farmland Policy Innovation at Ohio State University. Three goals “Overall, we have three goals for this program,” said Jill Clark, director of the OSU’s
Feeding distillers’ grains to beef cattle
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Increased ethanol processing capacity in the upper Midwest has led to greater supplies of dry milling co-products.
Grains gaining ground again
Some corn, soybean, and wheat contracts made new highs once again on the Chicago Board of Trade, but significant losses overnight going into the Tuesday trading have the new highs standing out on the Board.
