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Is the cattle market too cautious?
The beef industry was stung by two negative events in the past two months that have left market traders uncertain about their longer term impacts.
Grandpa’s chocolate cake
Bryce Angell crafts a clever poem about his grandfather’s love of chocolate cake.
Drill, baby, drill: It’s costing us
On Sept. 7, the nation’s second easy credit party in the last 30 years ended exactly as the first one ended: A fiscally conservative president named Bush put American taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars of bad debt after years of lax lending, lax regulation and lax monetary policy. The first after-party cleanup,
Soybean yields may plummet in absence of rain, agronomist says
Average soybean yields in Ohio are likely to be no better than 85 percent to 90 percent of a normal yield, and for each week fields go without rain, the number drops 10 percent to 15 percent.
The farmer’s fight
Bryce Angell personifies every farmer’s fight with Mother Nature in this clever poem.
Saving limbs, to saving life: Chain saw safety is more than a buzzword
Reporter Chris Kick recently attended a chain saw safety workshop with the Ohio Forestry Association. This is his account of the experience.
Gifts for avid hunters, anglers and outdoorsmen
If you have a hunter, angler or outdoorsmen on your holiday shopping list, check out these suggestions to find the perfect gift!
Deering — a forgotten farm equipment dealership
The two Whinery brothers sold Deering farm equipment and other farm supplies, as well as builder’s supplies and, in 1915, made the decision to incorporate the business as a stockholder-owned company, probably to raise money to expand the business.
Is there enough acreage for corn?
URBANA, Ill. — Most of the focus on 2011 U.S. planted acreage centers on corn acreage. There are a number of reasons for that focus, said University of Illinois agricultural economist Darrel Good. “First, under the current policy regime, there is a mandate of 13 billion gallons of renewable biofuels production during the 2011-12 corn
Children shouldn’t be on ATVs
CHICAGO – All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) pose a serious risk of injury and even death, according to the largest study ever conducted of ATV injuries in children.
