Challenges ahead: crop and livestock sectors face difficult new year
The new year will bring challenges to both crop and livestock farmers.
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.
Severe algal blooms aren’t going away
Researchers want to identify farming or water management practices that reduce nutrient runoff without adversely affecting agricultural production.
5 stories farmers read this week: Jan. 2, 2016
This week’s top stories include Middlefield, Ohio’s Santa Claus, managing forage waste, the transfer of Ohio’s soil and water program, tips for keeping farm resolutions for the new year and more.
Farm and Dairy’s top 10 stories of 2015
A look back at the top farm stories of the year, as determined by Farm and Dairy staff.
Gardening resolutions for the new year
In 2016, let gardening become the topic of one of your New Year’s resolutions by checking out these recommendations.
Farm and Dairy’s top 10 online stories of 2015
We’ve ran the numbers and these are our top 10 web stories from 2015.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Dec. 31, 2015
This week's roundup includes news from the Richmond Edison and Waterford FFA chapters.
Indiana corn, soybean farmers support facility at Purdue
Two groups representing Indiana corn and soybean farmers are making a $4 million investment in automated plant phenotyping research and education to further Purdue University’s innovative work in plant sciences.
Council on dairy cattle breeding completes transition of services
BOWIE, Md. — A Non-funded Cooperative Agreement (NFCA) was developed and signed on March 27, 2013 between the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL),...
