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It’s a double whammy for beans
Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade adjusted Monday, May 19, to the Double Whammy of planting progress and Argentine news.
Dove season — beginnings and endings
Jim Abrams offers words of wisdom to hunters preparing for Ohio’s upcoming mourning dove season.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust: Preserve brings green burials to Ohio
WILMOT, Ohio — Many a farmer has lived day in and day out in his or her blown-out leather work boots, holey blue jeans, and tattered shirts and hats that should have been retired long ago. And many of those same people have joked that their attire is so second-nature, so “them,” they’d be buried
Be prepared for 2015 crop storage
Now is the time to get ready for your 2015 harvest by applying for a Farm Storage Facility Loan through your local FSA office.
Pennsylvania Rural Roads Safety Week is April 16-22
As farmers across Pennsylvania return to the fields to plant crops this spring, representatives are promoting safe driving on rural roads.
Minnie, the red and gold reindeer, saved Christmas
(Author’s Note: The following story is the only work of fiction I’ve ever written and was originally published in the Farm and Dairy on Dec. 24, 1992. I based my characters on real people: Lig, the elf who took care of the reindeer, was named for Dr. John Liggett, DVM. Sal, the Farmall advocate, after
Animal disease traceability rule set to take effect
New USDA rule mandates electronic ID tags for cattle/bison from Nov. 5, aiming to improve traceability; sparks debate on privacy, cost and industry control.
These wheels turn exceedingly slow
It’s time for Ohio residents and officials to get serious about farmland preservation. That is, if we’re really serious about it, comments Editor Susan Crowell.
Farm Bureau and big ag misrepresenting EPA water rule
The stark differences between what EPA proposed and what farm and ranch groups believe the proposals mean.
Feed from genetically modified crops has no adverse effects
Since their introduction in 1996, genetically engineered, often called genetically modified, feed crops have become an increasing component of livestock diets.
