Monthly Archives: March 2004
As Easy as 1, 2, 3
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb proves the third time is a charm.
Dead cow walking: USDA questioned
Columnist Alan Guebert explains the reasons for more USDA mad cow testing.
Youth poultry clinic set at OARDC
Sessions cover poultry involvement opportunities to poultry rearing and management to preparing birds for show.
Rings are Ashtabula’s farm family
Dairy princess named, top production awards given at annual banquet.
Pasture grass mixture yields more: Dairy researchers mix it up
Fistulation gives us an idea of a cow's digestion speed and rumen efficiency on different species of cool-season grasses.
Pa. extension hosts four deer density workshops
Workshops show landowners and hunters how to estimate the number of deer on their properties or hunting grounds.
It’s a good time for declining farm costs
The good news is that while the USDA budget is up, farm program spending is down.
Hereford sale averages on the rise
Nationwide, purebred and commercial cattlemen are paying top prices for Hereford seedstock offered through production and consignment sales.
Feed costs eating away at livestock profits
This year's farm balance books will be affected more by feed costs than high or low prices at the sale barn, on economist says.
Federal court’s decision sets a precedent
Does it set a precedent against labor union membership, too?
