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Animal ID enforcement — the fourth component
Editor: The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) has been alleged as a three component program, however a fourth component facade is starting to reveal itself. The first step of NAIS is premises enrollment; next, animal identification; then coast-to-coast, 48 hour animal tracing. USDA’s undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, Bruce I. Knight, has promised the
Staying power: Statelers see pork industry through many changes
A northwest Ohio pig farmer reflects on changes he’s seen the pork industry go through and how it’s impacted the farmers, the land and the consumers.
Unconventional risk management in the beef industry
There are a thousand ways cattle production can go wrong, but one often forgotten is the risk associated with producing a bad steak.
News nudges corn and wheat to highs
Speculation about Russian wheat exports seems to be the cause of recent price jumps in the Chicago wheat futures.
Make the birds an all-season peanut butter treat
With cold weather upon us, here’s a recipe for the birds.
Having a beef with Ohio’s checkoff, where cattle will vote … sort of
According to Chicago legend, a tombstone somewhere in the city reads: “John Smith, Born 1934, Died 1981, Voted 1984, 1988, 1992.” What makes the joke funny, of course, is its resemblance to the truth. Chicago’s well-deserved reputation for election shenanigans is just that — well deserved. Despite that legacy, cattle cannot vote in either Chicago
Co-firing biomass with coal can help Pennsylvania reach energy goal
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Blending biomass into the coal stream that feeds electricity-generation plants offers the opportunity to reduce harmful emissions and create a market for renewable fuel, according to a biomass-energy expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. And Pennsylvania power-plant operators have a big incentive for co-firing coal with biomass they buy
A trip to the bar, the Niagara Bar, that is
Recently graduated and just days away from his first day as a full-time civil engineer, Mike Tontimonia’s grandson Josh Miller joined him for some fishing at the Niagara Bar.
U.S. House stalls farm bill progress
Journalism school doesn’t make cynics out of people who pick up the pen for a living. Committing journalism — using the pen to chronicle the escapades of crooks and crackpots you encounter as a journalist — often does, though. A glaring example of this transformation arrived in the late July action of Speaker of the
Pheasant hunting numbers down in South Dakota
There is good news and bad news coming out of South Dakota, the nation’s honey hole for pheasant hunting.
