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Pa. cattlemen pool calves to gain dollar power
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eight thousand calves were sold for premium prices last year through a program that is helping to increase profits for Pennsylvania beef producers. Since 1995, the Pennsylvania Feeder Calf Pool traditionally has added 10 to 25 cents a pound to the sale price, according to Dustin Heeter, livestock-production educator for Penn
When will USDA react to stop bleeding of pool dollars
Don’t expect quick action when it comes to the federal milk marketing order rule-making process.
Pennsylvania bees recovering well, most losses not from collapse disorder
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Colony Collapse Disorder, diseases, parasitic mites and other stressors continue to take a toll on U.S. honey bee populations, but Pennsylvania beekeepers on average fared better than their counterparts nationally during this past winter, according to apiculture experts in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. A recent survey by the Apiary
Farmers get 11 cents of holiday food dollar
Farmers and ranchers take home just 11.4 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving dinner meals.
Technicals and fundamentals collide as grain market seeks direction
The party is over for the old crop beans and corn. The corn has to be sold while a buyer will still price it against the July contract.
REAP funding saves farmers thousands of dollars in electricity costs
Rich Perkoski received funding through REAP to put solar panels on the rooftop of his barn which has saved him thousands of dollars since they came online.
N.Y. budget includes dollars for lower-cost power for agriculture
By DARRIN YOUKER Contributing Writer SALEM, Ohio — New York’s state budget will bring some power into the hands of farmers. The state’s budget contains funding for the Recharge NY Power Program, which will make low-cost power available for farmers who are on residential and commercial meters. Members of the New York Farm Bureau had
Error in price reports could cost cattlemen millions of dollars
The Agricultural Marketing Service is recalculating the boxed beef cutout values from April 3 through May 11, and primal cut values from April 3 through May 15.
Use performance monitoring to make your nutrition dollars worth it
Feed is the most expensive input on a dairy farm.
Dairy operations typically incur annual feed expenses amounting to $1,000 to $1,200 per cow per year.
Fatal 2007 bridge collapse spurs new, affordable, instant warnings
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — On August 1, 2007, without warning, the roadway suddenly disappeared beneath drivers on Minneapolis’ I-35W Bridge. The collapse sent more than 100 cars into the Mississippi River, killing 13 and injuring145. In the five years since, advances in wireless sensor technology are making warning systems to prevent such tragedies affordable and
