Monthly Archives: December 2004
Dairy moves forward with animal ID
RALEIGH, N.C. - Hershey Brothers Dairy Farm near Lancaster, Pa., recently installed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system.
Bush names Johanns to be new ag secretary
WASHINGTON - The president nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as the country's next secretary of agriculture.
Bin-busting bean harvest nears end
COLUMBUS - Harvest has been long for Ohio soybean growers, but the end result is worth it.
According to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service, the state is seeing a record state average yield of 47 bushels per acre - two bushels more than the previous record set in 1997.
Farm Credit breaks deal, owes $10 million
SALEM, Ohio - Farm Credit Services of America owes its proposed buyer $10 million after breaking a merger agreement this fall.
Beef checkoff changes: Ohio producers vote on backup plan
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Cattlemen's Association doesn't think the national beef checkoff will end, but in case it does, the group has a contingency plan.
Group wants moratorium on CAFOs in Ohio
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Farmers Union wants a time out.
Today they're calling for state legislators, educators and ag leaders to stop promoting and recruiting confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) until they've got sound science to prove the farms aren't a safety threat for communities and the environment.
Farm Bureau renews link to business
COLUMBUS - This time of year, most Ohio farmers are thinking about wrapping up the 2004 growing season, not about wrapping up tort reform in the statehouse.
Getting a ‘license’ for independence
My daughter Caroline is putting her driver's permit to good use, always asking if there is any place I need to go, ever willing to drive me.
Confessions of an errant cow milker
Based on the e-mails, brickbats and live grenades sent me the last few weeks, it's time to come clean: I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
New faces at the kids’ table
I am proud - if a bit startled - to report that my younger cousin brought her own baby to Thanksgiving dinner this year.
