Monthly Archives: January 2008
Producers can expect record costs: ’08 could be worst year ever for pork
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - This year may be the worst financial year for pork producers since the 1998, said a Purdue University Extension
Pennsylvania seeks to energize beef with new Center for Beef Excellence
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Center for Beef Excellence is being developed to support, promote and expand the beef industry in Pennsylvania The newly formed Pennsylvania Beef Task Force board of directors unanimously approved a motion to develop the center, which will be modeled after the successful Center for Dairy Excellence.
No end in sight for fertilizer supply shortage; get it now
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Supplies of nitrogen fertilizers, as well as phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, are tight throughout the United States, making this the time to plan ahead, a Kansas State University
Get your field to yield by enrolling in association’s 2008 soybean field trial
SAINT LOUIS - The American Soybean Association and BASF Corporation are inviting U.
Distiller’s grains land in Algerian port, first feeding trials to begin any day
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Grains Council successfully shipped two containers totaling 44 metric tons of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Algeria.
Cover crops prove to be beneficial
PIKETON, Ohio - Cover crops, if planted at the right time and used with the proper crop rotation, can be biomass workhorses.
Can you raise 80 cows on 80 acres? You bet, dairy grazing expert says
WOOSTER, Ohio - Raising 80 cows on 80 acres? Is that possible? It sure can be done, and done well, even.
U.S. farmers lend a hand in Uganda
SALEM, Ohio - A brutal civil war. Farmers forced from their land. Crowded displaced persons camps. Murder.
No-till? It’s all in the management
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - High market prices for your grain. High fertilizer costs. High costs of production.
OSU Extension loses a good one
At last week's retirement open house for Jefferson County Extension Director Ken Simeral, OSU Extension retiree Joe Pittman observed, "I've always said there are good agents, there are average agents and there are those who should be working someplace else.
