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Meet me by the old oak tree
Judith Sutherland reflects on the way trees in fields on farms serve as a marker for those of us who grow up in the wide-open spaces of farmland.
Condition your bulls for an all-star performance
The ultimate goal should be to achieve ideal bull condition for breeding season and start far enough in advance so it’s not a sprint to attain it.
Knowing your farm’s numbers will help you plan for low milk prices
It is discussed everywhere. In hard copy, in the coffee shop, and on the Internet: 2015 will not be the year that 2014 was.
Let the nesting season begin, in spite of the cold
With the polar vortex still fresh on our minds, it almost seems silly to discuss nesting birds. But the nesting season begins in January for bald eagles and great horned owls. An egg was laid in an eagle nest on the campus of Berry College in Georgia, Jan. 14. And in Pittsburgh a pair of
Big Ag, big data and big money
Big Ag — John Deere, Dow, Monsanto, Pioneer, and Syngenta — are “on the verge of going ‘all in’” on big data collection, analysis and operational planning.
Grain markets adjust to new crop
If the harvest is disappointing, we could see a rally into the late harvest. If not, we have not yet seen the low.
Ohio Oil and Gas Association: Stats tell the oil and gas story
There’s no doubt the shale oil and gas boom is taking shape in Ohio.
Grassed waterways: A reminder from nature that management still needed
This is the time of year when harvest begins, and farmers become aware of where erosion and gullying is under way in their fields and needs to be addressed. The remedy is often installing grassed waterways — those green stripes located in the middle of certain fields. Grassed waterways are like a natural Band-Aid, healing
First place in the Hoard’s Dairyman contest? Give that man a block of cheese!
John Winchell is a rock star. Well, not a head-banging musician or Mick Jagger-like rock star, but a dairy rock star. And he’s got the bragging rights — and a traveling trophy — to prove it. You see, Winchell won the 2011 Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest in the agri-marketers division, competing against 962 contestants
Bats’ pest-control services worth billions to U.S. farmers
Bat declines in the Northeast, the region most severely affected by white-nose syndrome so far, have exceeded 70 percent.
