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Big Mac bites Big Meat over alleged ‘artificially higher prices’
Alan Guebert shares his insights. on McDonald’s decision to sue the big four meatpackers — JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill and National Beef Packing.
Wheat stand evaluation
In the northwest section of Ohio, wheat producers will be determining if the stands are sufficient to keep for harvest.
Gratitude for veterans’ untold stories
War humbles a man. I learned this for myself, and, in a way, learning it humbled me. When I was young and still green behind the gills, I was fascinated with the very idea that local men I had known forever were veterans who had served this country well. I wanted to talk to each
To CWT, or not to CWT; that is the question
Dairy farmers need to work together to increase milk checks.
Summer goes by quietly at our farm
There are so few things we can hold on to, no matter how tight our grip. Summer is most definitely passing for another year. I watched from the back pasture as a huge flock of geese gathered overhead, some flying in from the north, another flock joining them from the east. As I walked back
Stark County excavator combines manure business to fight economy
CANAL FULTON, Ohio — When the economic crisis hit Jeff Chapanar and his excavation business, he and his wife, Marilyn, decided to hit back. The Stark County couple didn’t fight the market, which for the past year has seen a substantial drop in new home construction and a reduced demand for excavation. Instead, they used
Stalled immigration reform causes major Pa. grower to end production
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s largest producer of fresh market tomatoes will no longer grow labor intensive food, citing the failure of the U.S. Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform with a viable guest worker program for agriculture. Keith Eckel, the owner of Fred W. Eckel Sons Farms in Lackawanna County, said the risk is
Ohio agriculture state of the state: A view from the farm
SALEM, Ohio — Looking back over the past year brings one phrase to mind: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” That’s according to Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Robert Boggs, who shared an overview of the past year in agriculture during a seminar at the Ohio Farm Bureau
Atrazine review: Nothing to hide
Forty-five years may have dimmed a frame or two of memory but I can still see my father emptying small bags of flour-like powder into a five-gallon bucket and then slowing stirring in a trickle of water until the two ingredients combined to make a chalky, white cream. The bags contained the still-new, pre-emergent herbicide
Emerald ash borer now in 35 Ohio counties
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture has quarantined Putnam and six nearby counties in the state’s battle against emerald ash borer.
