Yearly Archives: 2007
Growth implants must be correctly timed or marbling, grade lessened
WOOSTER, Ohio - Implants can negatively affect quality, if you let them. Growth implants are commonly used in the cattle industry with little regard to how they influence marbling, the "taste fat," said Gary Fike, feedlot specialist for Certified Angus Beef LLC.
Even seeds deserve the VIP treatment
INDIANAPOLIS - Over the years, growers have learned more about the soil and the different techniques to properly manage their crops.
Beans could mean bucks for farmers
ST. LOUIS - U.S. soybean farmers face great challenges and even greater opportunities in the coming years due to the need to cut trans fats out of foods by supplying healthier varieties of soybean oil.
Ethanol byproducts are option for feed rations, but push your pencil first
SALEM, Ohio - Farmers are abuzz about at least half a dozen ethanol plants proposed for Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Putting a new twist on an old sport
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Ron Carlton has been trying to reduce the number of deer on his tree farm for 20 years.
Twine and duct tape are farm staples
Necessity is the mother of invention. No one knows that more than the American farmer. One day recently, my son put on an old pair of his dad's coveralls and was frustrated when he realized one of the lower leg zippers was broken, leaving the leg flapping open in the breeze.
Come on, let’s redo payment limits
In a surprisingly move, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns offered three reforms in his Jan. 31 farm bill proposal to fence rich farmers from the farm program payment trough.
Legumes are pastures’ best friends
Nitrogen is generally the most limiting nutrient for plant growth and it is also one of the most expensive nutrients when purchased as a commercial fertilizer.
Good Side of a Winter Day
I chipped away at the iciest windshield I'd seen in a long time - maybe ever. I wished Kathie's play practice had been canceled like so many other events, but I started the van an hour before we needed to leave just to make sure it would be clear of thick snow piled over a layer of sleet that had iced over the first layer of snow.
Knee deep in snow days
Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. I use this line ALL the time. I learned it.
