Monthly Archives: July 2004
Lost nutrition for want of an outlet
Reader frustrated at school board's antics.
Mixing it up with European breeds
New crossbreeding options give farmers more choices.
Farming by numbers
"You've gotta know where you've been to know where you're going," says Ohio grain farmer Hal Tate.
BSE: Should you worry about these false positives?
USDA, criticized for not disclosing December's BSE case sooner, is now criticized for sharing inconclusive test results.
Orchard research wants to conquer spray drift concerns
Project proves drift retardant chemicals live up to their claim.
EPA working ‘for’ livestock groups
One reader says the EPA will work for instead of with livestock groups to conduct on-farm research.
Farmers safe from lawsuits? It’s called blackmail
This reader says farmers helping with research to avoid lawsuits is blackmail.
Dairy Channel: ‘First milk’ gives fighting chance to calves in world of nasty germs
Dianne Shoemaker writes about the importance of getting immunity to calves through the first colostrum.
War of the weeds is a ‘hum-dinger’
Columnist Judith Sutherland remembers the days when walking the fence on the dairy farm in search of too-tall weeds was a fun event.
Hazard A Guess: Week of July 1, 2004.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
