Monthly Archives: May 2001
How high will gas prices go?
Farmers especially see the effects of higher fuel prices.
Guest Commentary: Our fear of “Frankenfood”
Louise Fresco, assistant-director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Agriculture Department, writes about the credibility problem of biological agricultural science today, and how it is increasingly equated with threat.
Gas prices affect tourism industry
While long-term tourism is recession-proof, while gas prices are high some segments of the industry could face hard times.
First central Ohio ag preservation easement received
Part of Stratford Ecological Center near Delaware is preserved by agricultural easement.
Farmers caught between costs, prices
Allen Lines, OSU agricultural economist says that high costs and low prices are beginning to temper optimism among Ohio farmers Without the government program there would be a lot of farmers in financial deep water.
FAO chief calls for biotech acceptance
Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in a May 14 speech in Stockholm that each GMO application must be fully analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
Failed wheat crop may test Congress
In the face of a total crop failure in wheat country, will Congress finally stand firm on its long-held resolve to quit throwing out its own budget by voting in farm disaster aid?
Error in price reports could cost cattlemen millions of dollars
The Agricultural Marketing Service is recalculating the boxed beef cutout values from April 3 through May 11, and primal cut values from April 3 through May 15.
Dress detective releases CD-ROM
American Dresses 1780-1900: Identification and Significance of 148 Extant Dresses by 93-year-old Elsie Frost McMurry, is a 810-page encyclopedic reference with more than 300 photographs and illustrations.
David Byers, Misty Sayers earn top Edison FFA honors
The Edison FFA chapter honored its members and special guests at its annual spring banquet May 11.
