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Beef prices will drop for both farmer and consumer as Canadian cattle arrive
URBANA, Ill. – The party is over for U.S. beef producers.
With the Canadian border opened to live beef cattle, more cattle in the feedlot pipelines, and more heifers saved back to increase the size of the brood cow herd, “some would say the party is over for high cattle prices,” said Purdue University Extension marketing specialist Chris Hurt said.
US fights EU unfair beef practices
Obama administration takes first steps toward reinstating trade action against EU in response to EU practices against U.S. beef.
Eimco tractors could be driven by reins
I’ve never told the story of my 2002 visit to Harold Probasco of Huntsville, Utah. When I visited, Howard showed me the two tractors and very generously let me drive them as well.
Moving forward: Harvest 2009
The 2009 harvest is way behind schedule and the delay brings additional problems for farmers.
Farm bill proposal retains flexibility
A draft farm bill proposal by the U.S. House of Representatives retains a mix of popular features from the current farm bill, brings back features from the previous farm bill, and adds counter-cyclical payments to help farmers in times of low commodity prices.
International Silo Assoc. recommends action now to preserve your tower silo
LUXEMBURG, Wis. — A drive around the countryside this time of the year will enable one to see farmers out working in their fields. According to the International Silo Association, this is also the time of year to focus on preventative maintenance on the tower silos that will store the harvest. Time to do it!
Jefferson County Fair: Grand champion hog sets record; sales up $35,000
SMITHFIELD, Ohio – If Jefferson County 4-H and FFA members were stranded on an island last week, what are the two things they’d have been sure to bring with them?
Their livestock projects and plenty of buyers, which is exactly what the young people brought to Friendship Park bidders’ pavilion Aug.
Coydogs are more of an urban legend than fact
Ohio’s coyotes are everywhere, as in of the state’s 88 counties, according to Jamey Emmert, of the Division of Wildlife, who suggested that although the state has seen the number of coyotes increase rapidly in recent years, their numbers have seemed to have leveled off. But Ohio isn’t the only state with more than enough
The good guys are out there
I knew that fatherhood had irreversibly changed him when Mr. Need for Speed drove at turtle’s pace hunched over the steering wheel, eyes scanning the horizon for any real or perceived danger to our newborn baby on his maiden voyage from hospital to home. A motocross racer whose favorite motto was “it’s not the speed
Beef checkoff to NCBA: Drop dead
In a toughly worded statement June 22, the executive committee of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, the group created by Congress to collect and oversee the $1-per-head beef checkoff, served notice that it strongly backed the independence of the Federation of State Beef Councils in the ongoing debate over the checkoff’s future. Declaring independence “The Federation,”
