Yearly Archives: 2001
Brown Swiss in high demand
Rita Kennedy, Butler, Pa., a member of the national Brown Swiss Association Board, reports on annual board meeting.
USDA revises Swiss cheese standards
As of Feb. 22, producers will get Grade A prices for Swiss cheese with smaller eyes or holes.
USDA funds lamb and goat marketing project
A marketing network for lamb and goat producers in the Northeast, from Maine to West Virginia, is being created at Cornell University.
Soured grapes: Grower wants his debt repaid
Ashtabula County wine grape grower Gene Sigel thinks the Grape Industries Program of the ODA owes him almost $50,000 for grape vines he has planted. A legal opinion to the Grape Industries Committee advises that the committee's program was never legal.
IFO hires first full-time director to guide programs
Ohio native Laura Ann Bergman returns from Missouri to act as the first full-time director of Innovative Farmers of Ohio.
Farmers working together can change agriculture
University of Minnesota agricultural economist Richard Levins was keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Innovative Farmers of Ohio annual meeting Jan 27 at Wooster.
Beyond the commodity mind-set
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on economist Peter Goldsmith's advice to producers to break out of the commodity mind-set and grab more of the food chain.
Differing visions
Farm Bureau rep's comment regarding the Noble County visioning program angers another county resident.
Fuel-efficient vehicles are possible
If they can develop a small piece of plastic you use to talk to people half way around the world, then battery-operated vehicles, with small engines running generators to recharge these batteries, could produce vehicles that would travel 200 miles per gallon.
Dairy Excel: Do you know your farm’s numbers
Northeastern Ohio Extension specialist Jim Polson wants you to sharpen your pencil this winter.
