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Global energy policy like cheap food?
Economists like the markets to fix the world’s ills, so maybe that’s why so many of them back the cap-and-trade solution to greenhouse gas reduction. After all, why not use market signals to motivate action? I’m a free trader at heart and supporter of the market economy, but I’m not convinced cap and trade will
FSA Andy for Nov. 13, 2008
Hello again, friends! The 2008 Farm Bill is bringing changes to our 2009 farm plans just as the changing weather is bringing changes to our final 2008 plans. Disaster assistance While preparing for the 2009 crop year, you might want to consider the issuance of disaster payments. The newly enacted legislation issues a fleet of
Mark your calendars: The low is in
A few weeks ago I said the bottom would be put in this sick market when the trade realized that the crop production estimate for corn and beans was too high. I am marking my diary that I finally got something right. Mark your calendars that the low is in. On the night of Oct.
A little work, a little play makes for the perfect plowing day
By ARTHUR BOLDUC What do draft horse teamsters do when they get caught up on their work? They find somebody who hasn’t, and you might say they have a draft horse-plowing frolic. They all show up bright and early, usually on a Saturday, and make short work of what otherwise could be a week’s work.
FSA Andy for May 1
Hello Again! This past week was full of excitement in the Farm Service Agency office. We celebrated Administrative Professionals Day and also National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. My daughter came to work with me and learned about several programs we offer. One program she read about was the Dairy Disaster Assistance
Ohioans probe herbicide-tolerant crops
COSHOCTON, Ohio — In a four-year study, researchers at the USDA-ARS’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed near Coshocton, Ohio, compared relative losses of both herbicide types when applied at normal rates to seven small watersheds planted with Liberty-Linked corn or Roundup Ready soybean. The study In their report, published in the March-April issue of the Journal
Counting diamonds in the road of life
Columnist Judith Sutherland says life is what happens while we are making plans.
Summing up summer
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes of crickets and katydids, gerbils and kittens, and a brand new clothes line.
Appreciate your washer and dryer
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the long ago rituals of wash day.
Wheat stand evaluation
In the northwest section of Ohio, wheat producers will be determining if the stands are sufficient to keep for harvest.
