Lobbying and money and the Hill
In Washington, D.C. the week of April 10, ag-related and ag-dependent groups overran Congressional offices and government agencies in waves of annual “fly-ins.”
Brands: Beyond the burning hair
When it comes to your cattle, you should be pleased if planning and selection created a set of calves that can satisfy the next owner all the way to beef consumers.
Grain market higher and experts struggling to explain
Grain markets are moving higher on the Chicago Board of Trade this Tuesday morning, April 19, and analysts are struggling to explain why this recent rally continues.
Opinion: Ohio should rethink selling prison farms
Selling Ohio's prison farms could generate a lot of money for other rehabilitation, but is that the best path?
Gardening by the light of the moon
What does the lunar cycle have to do with gardening? Learn the basic principles of moon gardening, a practice used by Ancient Romans and Native Americans that is still talked about today.
Letter: Ethanol has helped reverse corn market surplus
The outlook for row crop agriculture is not pretty, but imagine how much worse things would be if farmers hadn’t had the vision 25 years ago to build the ethanol industry, says renewable fuel proponent.
Hazard a guess at this “Chicago” item!
What is metal, extends to be 14 inches long, and is inscribed with "Chicago, Ill."? Show us you're the experts and hazard a guess!
Why bother with a buffer? The benefits of a forested riparian buffer zone
A healthy, forested riparian zone serves many purposes in the ecosystem, links a stream to its watershed and gives the stream access to its floodplain.
Ethanol has agriculture in a trap
It looks like we're heading toward another corn surplus.
Anglers brave weather for crappies
The Northeast Ohio Crappie Club held its first of several scheduled 2016 season crappie tournaments on West Branch Reservoir on a blustery, make that miserable, Sunday in early April.
