Monthly Archives: May 2007
New software organizes breeding season in beef cattle herds
AMES, Iowa - Synchronizing the breeding season in beef cattle herds allows producers the opportunity to use artificial insemination (AI) with reduced labor.
Korean trade deal good for pork producers
WASHINGTON - U.S. pork producers will receive an additional $10 per pig once the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement is fully implemented, according to the
Harness horsemen have need for speed
NORTH LIMA, Ohio - The Canfield Harness Horsemen's Association will sponsor a mantinee at the Canfield Fairgrounds June 3 at 1:30 p.
Growing an interest in agriculture
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - About 200 producers from across Ohio put off tending to their fields and crops May 24.
Double the fun: Twins reflect on a lifetime of farming together
DOVER, Ohio - Rex Pritchard's pickup truck drifts off the pavement on Blacksnake Hill Road. He slides out and wades into the road's grassy edge, surveying the cow herd in a steep hillside pasture.
‘Father of the Qualified Herdbook’: McKarns receives national award
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - At an Ohio Holstein Association winter forum in 1986, Columbiana County dairyman Bill McKarns raised an idea about opening the national association's registry to include grade cattle.
Advice for life: Get up eight
Dear Annette, You're done. No more high school. No more bells, study halls or varsity volleyball. No more sock hops, pep rallies or lunchroom drama.
Something to be said for stubbornness
Traveling newsman Charles Kuralt once described the farmers of this nation as one of the most stubborn breeds of man alive, and I have never forgotten it.
Common ground: Europe is changing
If you believe the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill process is complicated - 2 million farmers, 435 representatives, 100 senators, innumerable ideas - it's a simple souffl
School’s out for summer: Employing minors can be complex
With the school year coming to a close in the next few weeks, many students will be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks ranging from baling hay to milking cows to operating machinery.