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Meat and potatoes still a bargain
WASHINGTON – Retail prices for food at the supermarket increased slightly in the third quarter of 2006, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
Baby’s first fashion sense stays in style
I remember when I first made the clear connection between what I wore and how I felt. It was the dawn of middle school, which in our district was seventh grade.
Bonanza farms were a huge undertaking
Spring planting had to be completed quickly to take advantage of the best seeding time and to avoid a big variation in the time the crop was ready to cut.
Feeding cull cows prior to sale may add more than you think
It’s possible that with a little more investment, cull cows can provide more revenue to their operation.
Corn husks and monster trucks
WARREN, Ohio – Harvey Lutz and his son, Junior, shake their heads and say they just don’t get it. The telephone in their farm shop rings steadily every few minutes.
No easy answers for ag secretary
Alan Guebert poses the question, what do you do if you’re the new secretary of agriculture, and provides some insight.
Dairy Excel/Channel: Working things out: Family businesses face challenges
Ernie Oelker discusses farm families’ struggles with their businesses.
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 or
Accident highlights the need for vigilance
Farming is a great lifestyle, but it can also be dangerous.
If it flooded once, it’ll flood again
ST. LOUIS — Midwesterners have to be wondering: Will April be the cruelest month? Patterns in the Midwest this spring are eerily reminiscent of 1993, and 1994, back-to-back years of serious flooding, with the Great Flood of 1993 causing nearly $20 billion of economic damage, damaging and destroying more than 50,000 homes and killing at
