Monthly Archives: November 2007
Edward Schafer nominated to be Secretary of Agriculture
WASHINGTON - President Bush has nominated Edward T. Schafer to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
St-Pierre: Off-kilter dairy economics have even the experts stumped
SEBRING, Ohio - Forget the trends, the ag economists and their forecasts, and how things used to be.
Moff dairy farm faces decision: Houses or Holsteins?
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave Moff knows he's got two options. He swings open a pasture gate and stares one in the face: his herd of Holsteins.
Mahoning SWCD
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave and Kathy Moff were lauded as the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District's 2006 Cooperator of the Year when the group met Oct.
Hay shortage starting to sink in; take time now to get ahead for next...
SALEM, Ohio - Nobody's letting go, and for good reason. Any farmer with baled hay to burn is holding it tight, knowing dairymen, beef and sheep producers, and horse and llama owners will keep scrambling to find forages, and that they'll open their wallets wider and wider to pay for it as winter sets in.
Geauga Co. steer under investigation
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation of the Geauga County Fair's grand champion market steer.
Going ‘above and beyond’ yields award for Foggy Hollow Farm
HANOVERTON, Ohio - Pete Conkle likes working with farm owner Peter Mowad. As program coordinator for the
Bangladesh leader: Our problems are global problems
WOOSTER, Ohio - While the world debates the causes of global warming, the president of Bangladesh looks across his country and sees coastal regions that could be wiped out if the sea level rises even as little as 10 centimeters.
Hereford sale furthers optimistic view
The world of agriculture keeps evolving in all sorts of ways, and it is refreshing to be able to say that many things are looking up.
Pork industry an illogical quagmire
Before a months-long summer slips into a months-long winter, it's time to use this week or two interlude - formerly called fall - to sweep my office.







