Monthly Archives: April 2008
Report failed crops to county FSA
With spring planting around the corner, John Stevenson, Ohio State executive director for the Farm Service Agency, encourages farmers to report failed crop acreage that will not be brought to harvest to their local Farm Service Agency office.
Food council holds its first meeting
Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs chaired the first Ohio Food Policy Council meeting March 31 at the department’s campus in Reynoldsburg.
Study says milk’s good for children
A new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that children who drink flavored or plain milk consume more nutrients and have a lower or comparable body mass index (BMI — a measure of body fatness) than children who don’t drink milk.
Spring could be a doozie in Midwest
Midwesterners have to be wondering: Will April be the cruelest month?
Toyota gives grant to 4-H science effort
In an effort to support over 1.3 million children participating in environmental science programs nationwide, Toyotarecently presented National 4-H Council with a $1.48 million grant for 4-H’s science, engineering and technology programming.
Crop honey producers can get help from FSA
The farm bill extension signed by the president Dec. 26, 2007, authorized the USDA’s Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments programs for the 2008 crop of graded and ungraded wool, mohair and unshorn pelts through March 15.
Online course teachers women commodity basics
Purdue University’s Extension Service is offering an online video series to help farm women learn more about commodity marketing.
Urban birds already at a size disadvantage
New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds.
Expert: Farmers should consider shifting soybean acres back to corn
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The nation’s farmers say they are shifting a large amount of acreage back to soybeans in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Prospective Plantings report after a year of heavy corn acreage, said a Purdue University expert.
AgChoice returns millions in 2007
AgChoice Farm Credit
recently distributed $15.9 million in patronage to its customer-owners for the 2007 year.
