Monthly Archives: April 2005
Feeding distillers’ grains to beef cattle
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Increased ethanol processing capacity in the upper Midwest has led to greater supplies of dry milling co-products.
Farm and Dairy is looking for contributing writers
SALEM - Farm and Dairy is looking for freelance farm writers to cover broad-based ag assignments and is also looking for contributing writers to cover farm meetings or banquets in their home county.
Does EPA agreement provide safe harbor from the storm?
For decades, both government and agriculture have assumed air pollution laws do not apply to livestock and poultry farms.
Cow’s hoof health critical to breeding
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A dairy herd is like an army: It runs on its stomach. But a dairy herd also runs on sound feet ...
Choosing hybrids? It pays to be picky
COLUMBUS - Corn yield potential has increased as much as 2.5 percent per year over the past half-century because of genetic improvements in hybrids.
Canadian hogs aren’t hurting U.S. farmers
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined April 6 the U.S. hog industry is not injured by live swine imports from Canada - even though the U.S. Department of Commerce determined the hogs are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
’05 tractor sales expected to be mixed
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Agricultural machinery manufacturers expect total retail sales of two-wheel drive tractors in 2005 to increase 1.
Organic milk is in the green
SALEM, Ohio - Steve Hackenbracht travels across Ohio and Pennsylvania telling farmers to overhaul their operations.
Certifier gives brief look at organic rules
SALEM, Ohio - The rules for organic certification fill several booklets, but the gist of most of them is to treat the cows humanely, said organic certifier Stephen Sears.
Henry Bergfeld — The long and short of loving cattle
SUMMITVILLE, Ohio - Henry Bergfeld was never supposed to be a cattleman, never supposed to be college-educated, never supposed to be a cutting-edge leader at one of the nation's largest cattle ranches.
