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Farm and Food File: Economic woes piling up
So corn is rockin’ north of $7, beans are toyin’ with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where and hogs, well, bacon is sellin’ for what steak used to.
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address. In Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope —Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, he quotes from Kennedy’s inaugural address: “To those peoples in the huts and villages
Happiness found in many ways
Life on dairy farms in the 1970s proved to be a very good time indeed.
Versatile has come a long way — in price and size
Sometime around 1941, the Moore & Townsend partnership (my father and my uncle) bought a used Farmall F-30 tractor to replace an old McCormick-Deering 10-20. That F-30, with a 3-bottom John Deere plow, was a big tractor in our part of western Beaver County, Pa. Well, I was at the Canfield Fair recently and Witmer’s
Fish age and length determine bag limits at Ohio lakes
The management of fish species in any body of water depends on determining how old the fish are, and whether their growth rates are good for their age.
There’s my cowboy
Sometimes dire situations require the voice of a loved one to boost morale.
Empire Farm Days set for August 6-8
The 2019 edition of Empire Farm Days set for August 6-8 will deliver new demonstrations, seminars, speakers, activities and information for farmers.
Experts remind poultry owners that avian flu risk remains
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have continued into fall. Sound biosecurity measures for owners of backyard and commercial flocks are vital.
There are paths to pursue in agriculture
“The shortage of large-animal veterinarians coincides with the reduction of small family farms and rural life in America. Traditionally, large-animal veterinarians grew up on farms and around livestock. Today, only 1 percent of the United States’ population lives on farms.” — from Help Wanted by Paul A. Canada, published in The American Quarter Horse Journal,
