Put farm taxes on your to-do list
It's not to late to make changes for tax purposes. This year farmers have more alternatives to consider with respect to cost recovery or depreciation on assets that they placed in service during 2008.
U.S. fertilizer prices are beginning to fall at the wholesale level
WASHINGTON -- After increasing for six consecutive years, U.S. fertilizer prices are finally beginning to fall at the wholesale level, according to a report...
New vaccine for Johne’s disease
Researchers are making progress in the fight against Johne's disease. Scientists at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine recently developed a vaccine that prevents this contagious and often fatal bacterial infection.
DFA and two former execs hit with $12 million penalty
WASHINGTON -- Dairy Farmers of America, its former chief executive officer, Gary Hanman, and its former chief financial officer Gerald Bos will pay a...
Ohio agriculture state of the state: A view from the farm
SALEM, Ohio — Looking back over the past year brings one phrase to mind: “It was the best of times, it was the worst...
Looking for December optimism in USDA report
The stage seems to be set for recovery in the grain markets.
Dexters: Small cattle with big potential
The first time Marcia Read heard about Dexter cattle, there was no question about it. She had to have some. Read was infatuated with the Dexters' small stature, versatility and ability to eat almost anything. These unique, pony-sized cattle were perfect for her farm and it wasn't long before she bought a small, dairy-type cow named Peerless Chopper.
American Soybean Association: Checkoff funds being mishandled
Huge rift between U.S. soybean producer boards. The American Soybean Association is blasting the United Soybean Board, raising "serious ethical, legal, and financial allegations" about how farmer checkoff funds and program activities are being conducted.
High tunnels are terrific for tasty tomatoes
Fred Forsburg's tomatoes are perfect -- tough to do in a certified organic operation where no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides are used. The Livonia farmer's secret? Growing tomatoes in high tunnels.
Soybean leader Steve St. Martin to retire
The last three decades of Ohio soybean production have been good ones, marked by improved Phytophthora cultivars, a new market for tofu soybeans and one of the most popular soybean varieties ever grown in Ohio. Much of that success has been at the hands of Steve St. Martin, a soybean breeder at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. But on Jan. 1, St. Martin, who has headed the soybean breeding program at the center since 1991, will retire and pass the torch to a new faculty member.
