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Top-performing bulls to sell at Pa. Livestock Evaluation Center
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. — Beef producers have an opportunity to buy some of the best genetics in the northeast during a cattle sale at Pennsylvania’s Livestock Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre County, March 30 at noon. Top-gaining performance-tested bulls will be sold at the 39th annual Performance-Tested Bull Sale. Standards Bulls enrolled in the
Mixed USDA news lowers grain market
USDA’s March crop production report says we have the highest ending stocks of 12 years. That cannot be a good thing, comments grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
Pork prices continue to defy odds
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The seasonal pork price increase from early April to early June over the past five years was $11 per live hundredweight, and this year the seasonal increase has been $23 so far. “That’s more than double the normal,” said Chris Hurt, a Purdue University Extension agricultural economist. Hog prices have gone
Meat supplies set record in 2002; supplies should decline this year
Total per capita meat consumption of all red meat and poultry by U.S. consumers is expected to approach 219 pounds [retail weight] during 2002, which is a new record.
Honeybees’ secret life gives deeper insight
Despite her dislike of crawling, creeping, buzzing creatures, Columnist Judith Sutherland looks a bit deeper into the remarkable societal structure of honeybees.
Frost seed for improvement
Frost seeding of legumes in February and early March can be used to improve pasture, hay quality and yield.
Ask FSA Andy about conservation plan reminders
Eligibility for FSA, NRCS and RMA Crop Insurance programs require producers to have a conservation plan in order to plant on Highly Erodible Land (HEL) and there are restrictions on planting on ground determined to be a wetland.
Ohio program: New cooperative targets farmers’ markets
PIKETON, Ohio — A new statewide cooperative has formed to address the business needs of farmers’ markets while raising their visibility with consumers interested in local products and foods. Through the Ohio State University South Centers Ohio Cooperative Development Center, the Farmers’ Market Management Network, Inc., was established to encourage farmers’ market managers and their
The opossum: A misunderstood marsupial
Tami Gingrich highlights all the reasons the Virginia opossum is a unique and beneficial animal to have around.
No plan for this: dairy industry weathers perfect storm
After a perfect storm of bad situations, dairy farmers and processors are trying to find a sustainable way forward in this new world.
