Monthly Archives: February 2005
Ohio lawmakers debate equine checkoff
SALEM, Ohio - Several years ago, Susan Prokop paid $125 for a pony for her daughter to ride and show.
Journey of hardship and faith
As the journey by covered wagon unfolds for Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband and young daughter, Rose, it becomes apparent that the travelers will be glad to settle down in a new home.
Budget’s math, politics don’t add up
Presidential budget proposals usually are about two things, politics and mathematics. Both elements carry equal weight.
Help yourself by training employees
In a dairy farm's employee break room, I saw the following posted: "Our employees are our most important asset.
Growing up late
At 30, I left the home where I grew up. Though not posh or extravagant, it was a place that afforded more comforts than I could have ever enjoyed on my own.
Someday your prince will come – if his mommy says he can
Someday your prince will come. Sadly, if you're Camilla Parker Bowles, he'll come with some serious baggage.
USDA budget request similar to ’05
WASHINGTON - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released details Feb. 7 of President Bush's fiscal year 2006 USDA budget, with little change predicted from fiscal year 2005 levels.
Proper prep, equipment settings improve dairy quality, profitability
LITITZ, Pa. - Whether milking in a tie-stall or parlor system, large herd or small, "we still milk our cows one cow at a time," said David Reid, director of milk harvest technologies for Bou-Matic.
Pa. farmer fined $5,700 for runoff pollution in water
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Bradford County farmer Ralph McNeal received a $5,718 fine from the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection for polluting the French Run Watershed last spring with runoff from his farm in Burlington Township.
Ohio corn and soybeans stocks up, wheat down from previous year
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Corn stocks in all positions in Ohio on Dec. 1 totaled nearly 422.0 million bushels, 12 percent above the 376.
