Yearly Archives: 2008
Wolff honored for township efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff was awarded the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ (PSATS) Founder’s Award at the association’s...
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 22, 2008
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — The Milkmakers 4-H Club met 12 at Jerusalem Church with 28 members in attendance.
The club talked about old business;...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of May 22, 2008
SMITHVILLE, Ohio — Isaac Kauffman, son of Jeff and Nancy Kauffman, of the Smithville FFA Chapter, received the highest award in the state May...
DuPont: Responsible ag must be a priority to solve world’s food crisis
NEW YORK — DuPont Group Vice President James C. Borel told a special United Nations meeting on the global food crisis May 21 that...
The Looney Bin
It's not your typical farm decor, but you have to appreciate the creativity.
Hazard A Guess: Week of May 22, 2008
Hello from Hazard!We reach back a few weeks to Item No. 832, because Mary June Crisco from Monterey, Va., just sent in her correct...
Slap Me
My mother-in-law and I spent an afternoon with my 20-year-old daughter in Kent. Josie adopted a kitten the week before our visit. I was...
It’s a double whammy for beans
Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade adjusted Monday, May 19, to the Double Whammy of planting progress and Argentine news.
The great indoors no better than outdoors
If I could talk to the animals what I’d say is “Look, I don’t CARE if you never speak another word to me, but...
Cattlemen and consumers should oppose JBS purchase
JBS plan to purchase two major packers and to vertically integrate the feeding sector will give JBS an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control cash cattle prices.
