Global energy policy like cheap food?
Economists like the markets to fix the world's ills, so maybe that's why so many of them back the cap-and-trade solution to greenhouse gas...
The film The Informant is not funny
The two, almost-funny moments in The Informant!, Hollywood's comedic treatment of the deadly serious, 1995 price fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland, failed to...
Summer steak sales equal CAB record
A steak sizzling on the grill is to a consumer what a cash register cha-ching is to a grocer. Despite economic conditions, those sweet...
Does anyone remember Who?
Who remembers Who?And although I didn't plan to write about Who -- the list on the kitchen table on which I jot notes about...
Amish sisters are sweet and innocent
A knock came on my door as I worked in the kitchen one late afternoon this past week. I was startled because I had...
It is corn silage pricing season
You don't have to look outside to know what season it is in an Extension office. You can tell from the questions that come...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 1, 2009
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers held a meeting Sept. 19 at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville.
The fair...
Should you feed hay now or wait?
There are a limited number of days left in our growing season here in Ohio and the opportunity to increase your dry matter as...
Grain markets: Are we swimming into new crop?
There has been a lot of grain market volatility to confuse things. One day, we were up 4 cents and the next down 4 cents. The optimist says we are going higher, the pessimist says we are going lower, and the realist says the market did nothing for those two days.
Keep your farm decisions in your hands
Editor:Every morning I wake up, this country of ours seems a little more unrecognizable. The government seems to have its hand in just about...
