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Drought impact on soil rhizobia populations
By SHAWN CONLEY Severe drought conditions limited soybean production (6.2 percent per acre yield decline from 2011) across much of the U.S. in 2012. Though 2012 will soon be behind us, the implications of the 2012 drought may progress well into the 2013 growing season. One area of concern among growers is the impact of
Income over dairy feed costs? There’s a free app for that
Using the mobile app DairyCents is as easy as entering a zip code, selecting a milk production level, and date and the app will calculate income over feed costs.
Loan repayment rates for commodities
COLUMBUS — USDA has began to use an improved and more stable system for determining non-recourse marketing assistance loan repayment rates and loan deficiency payment rates for wheat, feed grains, pulse crops, oilseeds, wool, mohair and honey. “The new method will moderate fluctuations of the loan repayment rate,” said David Drake, acting state executive director
Ag group says farm prices need to be in line with producer production costs
AMES, Iowa — As sectors of America’s economy begins to show preliminary signs for a recovery, the nation’s farm economy remains deeply troubled. U.S. men and women who produce grains and milk for America’s table are receiving, on average, one-half of what they did in mid-2008. At the same time, their input costs are higher
Auction Roundup — Furniture, appliances are hot sellers at household auctions
– Basinger Auction Service Ltd. of North Lima, Ohio, held a household auction March 9 in Greenford, Ohio. Following two days of record rainfall, the auction was held on a dry pleasant day with 128 registered bidders and a crowd of more than 200 attending. The top-selling item was a Kubota 4 WD diesel tractor
Sustainable ag team kicks off summer tour
COLUMBUS — Ohio State University’s Sustainable Agriculture Team kicks off its summer tour series June 19 with a look at modified relay intercropping — a good-yielding, earth-friendly system in which soybeans are planted into standing wheat. The free program runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Unger Farm, 970 Nevada Road in Bucyrus, Ohio. Six
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Jersey cow breaks world milk record
Mainstream Berretta Joy is the first Jersey to complete two consecutive records over 40,000 pounds of milk.
Insolvency may lead to largest-ever Ohio grain indemnity payment
State investigation uncovers missing records; grain handler owes farmers $2.6 million in payments.
Farmers need new markets now
Guest commentary by John Schlageck, managing editor of Kansas Living, a quarterly magazine dedicated to agriculture and rural life, talks about what is needed to save American agriculture.
