Trade support still split down party lines
WASHINGTON — A week after the Ohio presidential primary drew the anti-NAFTA rhetoric from the Democratic candidates, Ohio Farm Bureau presidents heard predictable positions...
Postal hikes force subscription increase
SALEM, Ohio — Mailing costs have risen sharply over the past year. Farm and Dairy absorbed a postal increase in July 2007, and chose...
Mullet’s 40 years in 4-H recognized
Joyce Mullet of Coshocton was honored at the 2008 Ohio 4-H Volunteer Conference.
COLUMBUS — For more than four decades, Joyce Mullet of Coshocton has...
Riding with Sancho at Ohio Beef Expo
COLUMBUS — Children stood on their tiptoes to peer through the fence. Adults craned their necks to peek over the gate.
Faces in the crowd...
U.S. is on fiscal thin ice
WASHINGTON — Everything in Washington D.C. is about money: who has it, who doesn’t and who wants more.
There are several emerging voices in Congress,...
Still no action on farm bill
WASHINGTON — At a farm bill forum last September, when OSU ag economist Carl Zulauf said, “This is going to be an extremely difficult...
Where the long road leads
UNITY, Ohio — Traffic on state Route 14 near Unity, Ohio, slowed to a crawl during the early afternoon of March 7. Snowflakes whirled...
Dairy farm discovery: ‘We caught the creature’
SALEM, Ohio — “It’s sort of like a pony, kinda like a deer, and has this goat thingy on its neck.”
That’s how a surprised...
H-2A program getting an overhaul
Despite penalties, H-2A program is designed to help farms find workers.
Prices are just too good for payments
Average market price projections are above levels that would trigger the USDA's counter-cyclical payments.