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Landowners in CAUV lawsuit want to keep case in Ashtabula
Landowners suing the state over CAUV calculations hope to keep the court case local.
Tile drainage makes positive difference
Tile drainage showed a clear advantage in reducing surface water runoff and total phosphorus leaving the field.
Ag research foundation hopes to lure private dollars into national pool
Ohio State Professor Emeritus Mo Saif is one of 15 individuals appointed to serve on the board of the newly created Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research.
Increasing cropping frequency offers opportunity to boost food supply
Harvesting existing cropland more frequently could substantially increase global food production without clearing more land for agriculture, according to a new study from the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota.
Economist: Dairy title in new farm bill cuts volatility by protecting margins
One of the dairy measures proposed for the next farm bill would kick in when the price received for milk sinks too close to the cost of feed.
Bull sale catalogs require understanding of herd
MT. VERNON, Mo. — This time of year a variety of catalogs appear in the mailboxes of rural landowners. These catalogs have the latest offerings in seed corn, soybeans, vegetables, flowers, poultry and beef breeding stock, especially bulls. Cow-calf raisers must pay particular attention to today’s bull sale catalogs according to Eldon Cole, a livestock
Chesapeake Bay: Numbers behind EPA’s nutrient diet could be a recipe for disaster
WASHINGTON — A new report questions the data used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay. Commissioned by a coalition of agricultural groups, the report contrasts EPA’s estimate of the bay’s “nutrient diet” with those of the USDA, which are much more favorable to farmers. It asks EPA
Some things haven’t changed since 1913
“The idea that the chemical analysis of soil gives an accurate showing as to its needs for fertilization has long since been shown by scientists to be far from true.” — from Making Special Crops Pay by Delbert Utter While reading through this little book, which was evidently one of a series in The Practical
Don’t forget calves when heat soars
Last weekend’s heat was the most challenging for bovines of all ages (and their people) so far this year. Milking cows are usually the primary focus of heat stress abatement strategies, as they are the animals generating the most heat on the farm due to their size and their stages of lactation. While they are
Workshop covers milk price outlook
Hello northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers. The financial crisis has hit our country with a resounding thud. Sadly, it looks like a rough year is ahead for our dairy industry, as the projections for the upcoming year’s milk prices are bleak. It is no secret that 2009 will be a tight year —
