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Year-end and farm business considerations
End of another year means its time to analyze your farm business decisions.
A ‘gasified windbag’ starts a new year
Alan Guerbert discusses 2012 and readers’ reactions to his column.
Thank a hunter for 75 years of conservation
Later this year, the conservation community will celebrate the 75th anniversary of federal legislation that keeps state wildlife agencies afloat. On Sept. 2, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. More commonly known as the Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Act, it honors its chief sponsors, Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada and Rep.
Crop planting race nears the end
While U.S. crop planting is fast, the market has gone down just as fast. Soybeans were down six of the last eight days. Both beans and corn have dropped hard.
2011 was a rough year for Pa. produce
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s vegetable farmers harvested 13,000 acres of sweet corn for fresh market in 2011 with production totaling 819,000 hundredweight or 63 hundredweight per acre.
Crop input outlook for next year
Crop profitability prospects for 2012 are positive for the three major row crops in Ohio. Input costs have increased from last year but high futures prices for 2012 crops allow producers to plan for positive margins for next year. OSU Extension Enterprise Budget projections show positive returns for corn, soybeans and wheat in 2012. OSU
New year has to be better for many
Not all gifts come wrapped in ribbons and bows. There is no gift like peace of mind for those who are embattled and bone-tired.
Funny fears that make us frantic
Sometimes there is no accounting for our fears. Now, I am not talking about the rational, based-in-logic fears.
Numbers predict an up-and-down year
When March arrives like a lamb, the old saying goes, it roars out like a lion. How then will the 2006 growing season finish if current numbers, courtesy of the USDA, show it hobbling out of the gate on weak knees and a bent back? Six months, of course, will tell the tale, but February USDA figures begin it with some opening lines that are grim – Brothers Grimm grim.
Give calf facilities a yearly checkup
How easy – or difficult – is it for your calves to thrive? Now is a great time to assess your calf-raising facilities to see what the current answer to this question is.
