Yearly Archives: 2007
Gore is playing the role of his life
The recent televised Academy Awards program was an Al Gore-apalooza, as the assembled actors and musicians were almost giddy in their support of the former vice president.
Spring: The milk inspector is coming
For farm families, spring cleaning takes on an entirely different meaning than it does for most people.
Planting report doesn’t have a clue
Regardless if March arrives with a lion's roar or a lamb's bleat, grain and livestock markets will spend each of its days sweating over the U.
Tips ensure frost seeding successes
Frost seeding of legumes in February and early March can be used to improve pasture quality and yield.
Clicking Our Clocks
As for March weather, we should expect the unexpected. When I drive to Salem to the Farm and Dairy offices, I look forward to the sign at Mason's Steak House which cheerfully states that there are less than 20 days till spring.
Transparent purses have clear issues
Well, it's official. The terrorists have won. In a move that began as a response to an industry-wide airline ban on carrying liquids and other concealed weapons such as waterproof eyeliner and a to-die-for shade of lipstick in anything more than a clear, zip-lock bag, designers have rolled out the newest "trend" to torture us with: transparent purses.
Raw milk tests positive for salmonella
HARRISBURG, Pa., - Consumers who purchased raw milk from Stump Acres Dairy of New Salem, Pa.
Planting report doesn’t have a clue
The USDA's March 30 Planting Intentions Report will not end the 2007 acreage debate; it will only begin it, says syndicated columnist Alan Guebert. Read more here..
Ohioan is new NPPC president-elect
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Bryan Black, with Ned Black & Sons of Canal Winchester, Ohio, was elevated to the position of president-elect of the
Free trade touted as economic cure
WASHINGTON - Free trade remains the cornerstone of U.S. economic success and the main tool for expanding global prosperity, said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.







