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Be a wise owl, not a jackrabbit on the gas pedal
You can’t change gasoline prices, but you can drive more efficiently and maintain your vehicle to lower your gasoline costs.
Hallowed ground: Arlington Cemetery workers pay their respects every day
By KANTELE FRANKO ARLINGTON, Va. — Nearly 4 million people visit Arlington National Cemetery annually, many of them tourists searching for U.S. history. They watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns and see more than a dozen other memorials or monuments. They pay their respects to the 300,000 people who
Dairy Channel: How to price standing corn for silage
Diane Shoemaker guides producers through the process of pricing fields for silage.
Ag economist sees more rough times ahead for beef industry
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The pain of recent record losses in the U.S. cattle feeding industry will not diminish soon, but tightening supplies could lead to a modest rebound in late 2010, according to agricultural economist James Mintert. Speaking at Kansas State University’s Risk and Profit Conference Aug. 21, Mintert said consumers have responded to the
Energy affects corn, soybean prices
URBANA, Ill. — Two broad fundamental factors appear to be influencing corn and soybean prices as the growing season reaches the last stages, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. Two factors “One of those factors is the potential size of the 2008 U.S. harvest and the other is the level of energy prices,”
As miscanthus crop matures, producers find more uses
Originally farmers grew miscanthus for cellulosic ethanol, but producers are now targeting the fiber industries as well
Farmers, harvest corn as soon as possible
Potential harvest delays just compound the list of problems corn growers have been facing all season.
A rabbit hole called 2019
Alan Guebert sheds light on where we find ourselves in agriculture these days: a rabbit hole called 2019.
USDA’s unused case to push own rule
In a striking, two-and-a-half page analysis that ran counter to department leanings, the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture strongly objected to the department’s use of two outside studies that justified the massive retooling — essentially gutting — of the 2010 update of Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules to ensure
Halloween brings boon for U.S. retailers
Halloween spending is estimated to reach $6.9 billion in 2013.
