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Spangler Candy Co.: Sweet part of Ohio agriculture
Since 1906, Spangler has been buying U.S. corn and sugar to make candy in Bryan, Ohio.
NAIS should be fixed or forgotten
Four days before the seventh and final “listening session” June 1 to gather producer comments on NAIS, the National Animal Identification System, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced USDA would host six additional meetings for the public “to voice their concerns about the current NAIS system and offer potential solutions.” The extra meetings are
What does it take to farm? Numbers
“What does it take to earn a living on the farm?” Good question. What’s the answer? Actually, the question was the title of a report from a Minnesota Extension educator (we used to call them ‘agents,’ remember?).
Bigger doesn’t always mean better
LOUISVILLE, Ohio – Think having a small dairy farm – and a profitable one, at that – is impossible? Or that a husband and wife farming full-time together is a thing of bygone days? Phil and Julie Myers point to themselves as living proof it can be done.
Encore presentation shares fond farm memories
(Author’s note: This is an “encore” presentation of this column, which was first published in 2002.) Christmas on the western Pennsylvania farm where I grew up was a big time for my sister B.G. and me. We’d pore over the Sears Christmas catalog as soon as it arrived and show Mom everything we wanted. She’d
Pa. milk production in 2008 down 1 percent from 2007
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s milk production for 2008 totaled 10,575 million pounds, down 107 million pounds or 1 percent from 2007. Ranked fifth Pennsylvania ranked fifth in milk production for 2008, behind California, Wisconsin, New York and Idaho. The average number of milk cows during the year was 549,000, which was 1,000 less than the
Where do you find your information?
Take another look at your cattle. Get out your records and take a deeper look. You think they’re the right kind, but you may have plans to “improve” them through breeding and management. What would constitute improvement? How do you know you’re on the right track? What informs you on matters of breed type and
Extra cost of Bt corn may not yield higher returns
According to a Purdue ag economist, farmers at the eastern end of the nation’s Corn Belt are less likely to recover the cost of planting Bt seed.
Study broadens knowledge and use of farm conservation easements
Series of reports offers most comprehensive look at farmland protection programs to date.
Father, son bike 10,000 miles for mission
A United Methodist father-son team with a track record in mission work is taking their passion on the road.
