Wednesday, June 17, 2026

WASHINGTON - The House agriculture committee began subcommittee markups of the 2007 farm bill this week.

FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio - 1961 The Berlin Crisis was escalating. Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were stretched thin and the threat of nuclear war loomed over the world.

SALEM, Ohio - Angry eyes peered through the van windows. The 19 Americans inside squirmed in their seats, taking quick glances at the hard, unforgiving faces.

BURTON, Ohio - Miriam places her stethoscope with precision, listening for the ka-dunk, ka-dunk, ka-dunk of heartbeats.

ATLANTA - By their very nature, dairy farms pose a challenge for pest management. Depending on the type of operation, most dairies have distinct areas including the milking parlor, feeding areas, bed down areas and, in some cases, pastures.

AMES, Iowa - Columns about financial management on the farm usually appear when commodity prices are low, interest rates are high, or some other condition puts a squeeze on cash flow.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Fact: Commercial migratory beekeepers in North America are suffering significant hive losses for a variety of reasons.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - How do you determine when to harvest steers that have been on feed? That's a tough question to answer with a real specific guideline, according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist located in Mount Vernon.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pork producers who expect to bring home the bacon by feeding their herds an ethanol byproduct could wind up producing bacon consumers don't want to bring home.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The way for the brood cow sector of the beef industry to recover from high feed prices is to reduce the size of the cow herd, thereby reducing the level of beef production by 2009, said a