Yearly Archives: 2004
Happy sales to you
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt turns into a sales maniac after her first - and only - success.
Ponchos Wrap It Up
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the latest fashion trend: big, tent-looking ponchos.
The facts, numbers jumble: Go figure
Columnist Alan Guebert speculatees on the mystery of how identical facts and figures often lead people to draw different conclusions.
How negative PPDs erode milk checks
Significant negative producer price differentials may continue unless changes are made to the Mideast Federal Order 33 language.
Artful dodgers: Milk plants pool and depool
Large volumes of milk swing in and out of the Mideast milk marketing order, forcing local milk producers to shoulder more costs.
Swine manure composting is promising
Illinois study shows composting is feasible method for disposing of swine manure.
Supply problems bring high grain prices
Grain farmers across the country are enjoying some of the highest commodity prices they have seen in several years.
Ohio hog inventory up 6 percent
The U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs March 1 was up 2 percent from last year but 2 percent below December's numbers.
New feed test guards against mad cow
A highly sensitive analytical test that detects minute amounts of animal-protein contamination in livestock feed has been developed.
Mandatory price reporting set to expire
Cattle producers across the nation can make sure their voices are heard and concerns are addressed as the Mandatory Price Reporting Law is set to be reauthorized.
