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Issues brewing between the NCBA and CBB over how beef checkoff funds are spent
A controversy erupts over expenses billed to the Beef Checkoff program.
Dairy Channel: More ways to mess up your farm
Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, finishes her list of 10 things people do to mess up their farms.
Food prices eventually rise with commodity prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Food prices will continue to rise for the remainder of this year and well into 2012 because processors now are beginning to pass along higher costs of commodities to consumers, a Purdue University agricultural economist says. Takes time While world grain stocks diminished amid growing demand, drought and flooding, food prices
Long-time FSA staff call it quits
Hi again, The weather has started to moderate a little and by the time you are reading this much of the snow and ice of January may be gone. Of course, our friend has seen his shadow so there’s more winter yet to come. Seems to me that we have had more snow and ice
Pupils encounter agriculture
NEW CASTLE, Pa. – The sandy-haired fourth grader’s eyes widened as he rounded the corner of the commercial exhibit building at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.
Dairy Channel: Milk producers have options to reclaim profit margins
Don’t like your milk check? Shop around, says Dianne Shoemaker, district OSU Extension dairy specialist.
Harvest pace controls grain market
At current corn and soybean prices, the farmers will resist selling as long as they can.
Grain markets: It looked good there for a while
Now is a time for hoping, and for looking at grain marketing option strategies. We can’t afford these corn and soybean prices long-term, and we have been too good at production for good prices.
Fungicide use in corn no guarantee
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Using fungicides to increase corn yield may only pay off if a crop already has signs of a fungal disease or is at high risk to get one, according to a Purdue University expert. Best chance Kiersten Wise, an Extension specialist in field crop diseases, said fungicides have the best chance
Letting life happen through you
Eliza Blue reflects on the phrase “Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens through you.” Also, she has a new book coming out.
