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Ohio Holstein winter barn meeting scheduled
BIG PRAIRIES, Ohio — The Ohio Holstein Association Winter Barn Meeting and Springhill Tag Sale will be held Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Tag Sale will continue Dec. 16 from 1-5 p.m. A ham loaf lunch will be held Dec. 15 at noon at the Nashville United Church, 302 Millersburg
Small and mighty, Amos the calf is beating odds
CANONSBURG, Pa. — It’s not uncommon for a calf to be born prematurely — especially when it’s a twin. But one Washington County calf has left its owner and veterinarian surprised after he was born eight weeks early and weighed less than 20 pounds. Holly Martin and her husband, Ed, of Canonsburg, have nursed
Wheat straw harvest yielded best gift
Judith has some fond memories of her childhood.
Nature truly provides the best fodder for stories
The stiff stems of the mowed hay field were as brittle as the business end of a straw broom and each step produced an easily heard crunch. I was doing a clumsy crouch toward the crest of the slope and trying my best to stay as hidden as possible behind a well packed and neatly
It’s true: Father does know best
“The youth group is going canoeing on Wednesday! Can I go? Please?” I asked after church one summer Sunday. “Only if it rains. We are lucky enough to have a hundred acres of hay to make!” was the reply from my dad, who added, “It’s going to be a hayin’ party!” trying to make it
Shortage of beef leads producers to expand herds
LAFAYTTE, Ind. — U.S. beef producers have started the early stages of herd expansion as beef supplies remain very short, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. Beef cow numbers have dropped by 9 percent, or 3 million head, since 2007. They dropped by 3 percent in 2011 alone, meaning a smaller calf crop in
Black Ink: Critical mass in the beef industry
It takes so many plants to make a stand, cows to make a herd and drops to make a rain. Before turning that herd out to pasture, you look for enough plant mass to support their grazing. If you’re watching a couple of bred heifers for a month, you might as well be watching 20 or 30.
Belted Kingfishers, easy to identify, hard to forget
I’m not an avid angler. It’s probably because I’m so easily distracted. Dragonflies and damselflies patrol their territories along cattail-lined shorelines. Bullfrogs bellow from the shoreline, and there’s often at least one snapping turtle coming up for air or a water snake swimming toward me. Attention getter More often, however, it’s the machine gun-like rattle
Farmers not interested in rebuilding beef cattle herds
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The nation’s beef herd continues to decline. Due to several years of financial difficulty, producers have little interest in rebuilding their herds. As a result other animals are gaining a larger market share and the cost of beef will remain high, according to a Purdue University economist.
Global activity of pork and beef remains strong
DENVER — Despite the prolonged slowdown in global economic activity and the initial wave of A-H1N1 Influenza-related market reactions, exports of U.S. pork and beef held up reasonably well in the month of April.
