Equipment dealers associations merge
The members of the Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Association (OMEDA) and Mid-America Equipment Retailers Association (MAERA) have voted to merge.
Record warm temperatures in 2015
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880.
USDA confirms additional cases of bird flu in Indiana
The USDA has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza, or bird flu, in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, in southcentral Indiana. This is a different strain of HPAI than the strains that caused the 2015 outbreak.
Understanding the hay market
Attending a sale searching to purchase hay can be exhausting. Check out this guide to know what the terms mean and what the hay means for your animals.
How to understand the livestock markets
Understanding the terms in a livestock market report can be confusing. Here is a quick run down of what the terms being used on livestock during a sale means.
A winter of grain market discontent
The grain market axiom is that the cure for low prices is low prices. The problem with cheap corn this year is that we have been surprised how cheap it could get — 3.50 corn futures were supposed to be a thing of the past.
How sharp are you as a dairy farm manager?
Production management and business management is a partnership on successful dairy farms.
Pork board CEO Chris Hodges leaving after less than a year
The National Pork Board’s chief executive officer, Chris Hodges, who just joined the board in February, will leave his position effective Dec. 31.
The grain market’s Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory has been postulated by science to explain the origin of the universe. Some incredibly large explosion, according to this theory,...
Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation hopes to raise $15 million
The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation wants to raise $15 million over the next five years.
