Monthly Archives: February 2006
Johanns puts Bush budget on table
A better way to clean milking hardware
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Researchers at Penn State have devised a new way to clean and disinfect milking equipment using little more than salt water.
Congress extends dairy support
SALEM, Ohio - Dairy farmers may have their safety net back, thanks to Congress' extension of a milk price support program.
One-time EQIP funding will help offset energy costs
SALEM, Ohio - EQIP participants who signed contracts in 2004 or before could get more money from the USDA.
Muskingum Watershed assessment talks continue
SALEM, Ohio - The issue of proposed assessment fees in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has been a hot topic in recent months, with watershed residents and leaders weighing in on both sides.
Black and white in cat and dog fight
I found myself playing referee yesterday, standing in the middle of a cat and dog fight. The scrappers were not a dog and a cat, as you might suspect, but two humans with strong opinions on canine and feline superiority.
Sleeping dog ignores market faults
For nearly a decade, the Packers and Stockyards Administration, the USDA watchdog to ensure competitive, fair livestock markets, has been little more than a sleeping dog, according to a devastating, 36-page report released by USDA's Office of Inspector General Jan.
Use nature for better soil and crops
The ninth annual Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference was Jan. 24 at the Radisson Inn in West Middlesex, Pa.
The Eyes Have It
This paper runs some great articles on a wide variety of topics: nature, science, human interest, history, progress, and of course farm life.
One tough cookie can shake this addiction
The first Girl Scout cookie was sold on Nov. 11, 1932 by a troop in Philadelphia. The girls baked cookies for day nurseries as a community service project.