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Farmers launch ‘foodthanks’ campaign
SALEM, Ohio — With harvest in the rear-view mirror, forward-looking farmers and others in agriculture have been busy cultivating a new social media campaign to help Americans publicly express their gratitude for their food this holiday season. Launched in time for Thanksgiving, foodthanks.com provides simple steps that people can take to show their #foodthanks. “For
FSA Andy deadline reminders
Hello again! It is time once again for the big yellow school bus to start rolling down the road. Parents everywhere will be reminding their children to “Hurry up and eat your breakfast. You better not miss that bus. Don’t forget your lunch or lunch money.” Sound familiar? As a mother, I feel like I
Deworming young horses: When and what is best?
URBANA, Ill. — The thought of your new foal becoming infected with worms is a bit too much to bear for many horse owners. All it takes is one face-to-face meeting with a squirmy white roundworm, the type of parasite most common in horses under two years of age, and you’ll never again complain about
Harvest creeps closer, but will weather hit crops first?
Many questions remain as we approach the end of the crop year. Not the least of these is: What size crop do we have?
Don’t miss the chance for broadband in southern Ohio
Editor: Like many of your readers I live in the countryside, out of reach of modern broadband and barely in range of cellular service. I, for one, would like to see that situation improved. The problem is that the population and income densities where I live are just too low for the major telecom companies
Transistor radio breaks record at auction
– Estes Auctions of Medina, Ohio, held a radio auction May 23 at the Expo Auction Center in Burbank, Ohio, for the Ken Zander estate from San Jose, Calif. More than 200 people were in attendance with buyers from 20 states, including California and New Mexico. The top-selling item was a Zenith 1936 “Stratosphere” radio
Ohio’s minimum wage rate increased
A quick look at a few business-related topics this month. The first of the year brought an increase in Ohio’s minimum wage rate. For most dairy businesses this will mean an increase for employees that were working at the previous rate of $7 per hour. Adjust wages Ohio employers need to adjust wages for hourly
USDA delays implementing revised Class III and IV make allowances
WASHINGTON — The USDA has delayed implementation of its interim final rule on Class III and IV make allowance adjustments by one month, in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of seven dairy farmer cooperatives, two other farm operators and a state dairy farmers association. The suit claims USDA was obliged by the passage
After 2,000 years, extinct tree grows from Israeli seed
WASHINGTON — In the foreboding, cliff-side fortress of Masada some 2,000 years ago, Jewish Zealots savored sweet dates from Judean palm trees, gazed at the Dead Sea and perhaps spit seeds onto the palace floor. Later, Roman forces would storm Masada, triggering mass suicides by the barricaded Zealots. For centuries, the fruit seeds remained buried
Fiscal imperative: Oversight, insight and foresight
Around Farm and Dairy, it pays to listen to Rilla Gruber
