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Jersey takes supreme banner at Pa. Farm Show

Monday, January 18, 2010 by Other News

ABOVE:

Kristen Mull (at halter), showed the supreme champion at this year’s Pa. Farm Show, Reich-Dale Counciller Hali. Also pictured (L-R) are alternate state dairy princess, Crystal Hitz; Pennsylvania Dairy Princess, Krystal Wasson; Secretary of Agriculture Russell C. Redding; Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess Karla Stoltzfus.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Reich-Dale Counciller Hali, owned by Kristin Mull, Chambersburg, […]

Farm groups submit revised animal ID plan to USDA

Friday, January 15, 2010 by Other News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cattle industry groups have agreed on 12 principles in the development of a cattle disease traceability identification system and submitted their plan to the USDA.

Staple food prices trend down for fifth straight quarter

Friday, January 15, 2010 by Other News

WASHINGTON — Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased for the fifth consecutive quarter and are significantly lower than one year ago, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare a meal was $42.90, down $3.13 […]

Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board: More than a paper tiger

Thursday, January 14, 2010 by Kristy Foster

A plan to fund the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board is expected this month.

Some county OSU Extensions still looking for funding

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by Chris Kick

COLUMBUS — The future of Ohio State University Extension and 4-H in at least a half-dozen Ohio counties is still being decided for 2010.
A lack of county funding, followed by the failure of levies in November to provide operational funds, has county directors looking for answers that could ultimately decide whether their programs continue, […]

Farmers keep at it, despite coldest weather of the season

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Chris Kick

WOOSTER, Ohio — Cold winter weather can mean a lot of things to different people. For some, it’s the canceling of school or work, the signal to head south to enjoy the sunshine, or a good excuse to stay inside and relax — maybe watch some television, read or sleep.
There’s nothing wrong with any […]

Indiana County teen exhibits winning lamb, topping 230 entries.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Other News

Indiana County teen exhibits winning lamb, topping 230 entries.

2010: It’s still not ‘business as usual’ for agriculture

Monday, January 11, 2010 by Other News

SALEM, Ohio — Let’s start the year as most prognosticators do: predicting what will happen in the next 12 months. But we needed help, so we turned to Chris Hurt, agricultural economist at Purdue University; Tom Schlenker, executive vice president of Farm Credit Services of Mid-America; and Matt Roberts, agricultural economist at Ohio State University.
Here, […]

Futures market may be last hope for dying U.S. pork industry

Friday, January 8, 2010 by Other News

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bankruptcy is a terrible word, but one that indicates the pork industry is entering the “last leg down” in this cycle.
Attorneys for several large producers have posted the “out of business” sign in recent months.

‘Family farming’ has deep roots for Mount Gilead, Ohio dairy

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Chris Kick

MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio — The phrase “family farm” has a very significant meaning for 27-year-old Andy Creswell and his family’s farm in Ohio’s Morrow County.
Creswell is the sole proprietor of Spring Valley Farm, a 200-cow dairy along County Road 30. But with his grandparents living in the neighboring home, and his own parents in […]