March 2007 - Page 5 of 10 - Farm and Dairy

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It’s time to put exports 6 feet under

Alan Guebert -

March 15, 2007

While most farmers and ranchers spent February focused on rising futures and cash grain prices, the U.

Analysis provides insight into farm

Chris Zoller -

March 15, 2007

A SWOT analysis is an evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats impacting your farm business.

School Project Syndrome

Laurie Marlatt Steeb -

March 15, 2007

One would think that amid the tumultuous clutter my family saves, we could find needed materials when school projects roll around.

Identifying crisis caused by caller ID

Kymberly Foster Seabolt -

March 15, 2007

Imagine my surprise to discover that I don't know how to answer my phone anymore. This is mainly because there is no surprise.

March musings recall march of time

Janie Jenkins -

March 15, 2007

March is certainly being March, at least in my area, where there is great bluster with huffing and puffing and white-outs one minute, benign sunshine the next.

The icemen cometh

Contributing Writers -

March 15, 2007

HOWARD, Ohio - Most of my Amish neighbors have icehouses constructed of 24-by-48 inch pieces of Styrofoam 16 feet long.

Which came first, resistance or egg?

Other News -

March 15, 2007

ATHENS, Ga. - A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little - if anything - to reduce rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have the potential to threaten human health.

Take a bite out of bovine overeating

Other News -

March 15, 2007

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Overeating doesn't do a dairy cow any more good than it does a human. In fact, the negative consequences could be greater when a bovine makes a pig of itself, said Tim Johnson, Purdue University Extension dairy nutrition specialist.