Cover crops and crop insurance: You can hay or graze it until May 10
Crop insurance update: Farmers can graze or harvest a cover crop (planted now) as long as they stop by May 10, 2013.
Farmers take practical knowledge to Africa
WASHINGTON -- National Farmers Union representatives recently returned from Senegal and Zambia after participating in National Cooperative Business Association's Farmer-to-Farmer Program.
Alaska Farmers Union President...
Asian carp detected in Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay
State and federal officials ramp up sampling in response to the discovery of Asian carp eDNA in water samples taken from Maumee and Sandusky bays of Lake Erie.
Monsanto ends year with net income of $2 billion
Fueled by corn and soybean seeds and traits, net Monsanto sales for the full fiscal year were $13.5 billion, a 14 percent increase over fiscal year 2011. Net income for FY12 was $2 billion.
Should I exit the cow/calf industry?
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- In March 2012, the prices of feeder cattle reached record highs. By mid-July 2012, the severe drought in the Midwest and...
Summers’ truck pulling is ‘red hot’ and ‘twisted’
A lifetime interest in horsepower and big engines has led Mike Summers to the top of the truck pulling circuit.
Enter the Blue Ribbon Moments photo contest
There's still time to enter our Blue Ribbon Moments photo contest. Don't wait, the contest will be ending soon!
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 4, 2012:
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- Zane Trace FFA officers and their adviser, Jennifer Johnston, traveled to Columbus Sept. 26 to hear Gov. John Kasich speak, tour...
S.B. 130 isn’t perfect, but a start to animal welfare
Editor:Ohio is one of the least protective states regarding animal care. Why does the Senate in Ohio refuse to realize this?It is a known...
The farm bill gamble could be costly
A long, bitter year in the long, bitter Congressional session drifted into the campaign season with the U.S. House of Representatives unable or unwilling...
