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Ohio State Fair sets six new sale records
With the setting of six new sale records, the sale of champions at the 2010 Ohio State Fair is one to remember. New records were set for the reserve champion market beef, reserve champion market barrow, grand and reserve champion market lambs, and the grand and reserve champion meat chickens. The sale raised $272,500 —
USDA: Purchase of nonfat dry milk helps both farmers and low-income families
WASHINGTON — The USDA is transferring approximately 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for use in domestic feeding programs. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the goal is to help support both low-income families struggling to put nutritious food on their
Livestock producers should embrace premise ID
Why is Ohio so afraid of a premise identification program?
U.S. fertilizer prices are beginning to fall at the wholesale level
WASHINGTON — After increasing for six consecutive years, U.S. fertilizer prices are finally beginning to fall at the wholesale level, according to a report by the American Farm Bureau Federation. “Up until very recently, fertilizer prices were astronomical at both the wholesale and retail level,” said American Farm Bureau Federation senior economist Terry Francl. “Fertilizer
Who killed the trade talks at Doha?
Unlike Mark Twain’s quip upon reading his obituary, my early July “RIP Doha” column was neither premature nor exaggerated.
First-of-a-kind stamp exhibit open at Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Philatelic Firsts, open through Oct. 28 at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, showcases first-of-their-kind items from the first Hawaiian stamps to the first American invert stamp error.
Court reopens Canadian border
SALEM, Ohio – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court’s injunction, reopening the Canadian border to live cattle and ruminant shipments July 14.
WTO talks buckle in Cancun; obscure policies to blame
Protesters and developing countries were celebrating the collapse as a victory.
Mohawk FFA’ers win at Farm Show
Western Pennsylvania FFA chapters swept most of the top 10 places in the Pa. Farm Show school demonstration competition.
‘One extreme after another’: Climate change forces region’s ag sector to adjust practices
Climate change presents challenges for agriculture. Its effects can disrupt food access and increase food prices. And ag also contributes to climate change. As the effects of climate change continue to show in the Midwest and across the world, farmers are adjusting, and farmers’ groups are seeking policies that support them.
