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Expert analyzes U.S. dollar value, corn prices link
URBANA, Ill. — It is not uncommon for daily fluctuations in corn prices to be attributed to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies. So, what is the connection? From the side of the U.S. corn importer, a lower valued dollar in relation to the currency of that country, all
Additional funds spur research on honey bees’ colony collapse disorder
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff recently said Pennsylvania will increase funding to continue research on the potentially devastating honey bee colony collapse disorder. A team of experts, including Pennsylvania acting State Apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp, rallied to address colony collapse disorder. In January 2007, the Department of Agriculture — just one of two state
Orphan wells hard to plug, despite influx of federal dollars
Representatives from the ODNR and Pennsylvania DEP, as well as plugging and environmental contractors, talked about the realities of plugging orphan wells during a panel at the Shale Insight Conference.
Reader: Fix port problems, don’t send more dollars
A Farm and Dairy reader responds to Alan Guebert’s Nov. 25 opinion regarding the broken supply chain at U.S. ports.
Geauga County Fair youth sell livestock for top dollar
The Geauga County Junior Fair Livestock sale brought in around $480,000 dollars with poultry and duck projects receiving top dollars.
It’s time for dairymen to get serious about tracking dollars
Milk producers are facing tight margins with today’s low milk prices. Feed costs are certainly in the crosshairs, but all of the dollars are not disappearing into the feed mixer.
Oil prices, weak dollar driving up food and commodity prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Commodity prices — and resulting food prices — are rising sharply, driven by a combination of factors that include high oil prices spurring biofuels growth, a weak dollar and world production and consumption trends, according to an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists.
Farmers earn 11.9 cents out of each Thanksgiving food dollar
For every dollar Americans spend on their Thanksgiving dinner this year, farmers and ranchers will earn approximately 11.9 cents.
Dr. Smith’s ‘Two Dollar Steak’ completed at Stone Gate Farm
Dr. David Smith, DVM, bought a structure that he had seen in Farm and Dairy’s classifieds section.
Thanksgiving menu stuffed with healthy choices
From the main course to dessert, the traditional Thanksgiving meal is stuffed with healthy food choices, particularly those rich in disease-fighting antioxidants.
