Yearly Archives: 2008
High grain prices are here to stay
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- An ethanol-fueled spike in grain prices will likely hold, yielding the first sustained increase for corn, wheat and soybean prices in...
Pa. boar and gilt sale breaks record
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. -- An exceptional group of tested boars and gilts produced record-breaking results at Pennsylvania's 33rd Performance Test Boar and Gilt Sale,...
Hereford Beef launches new brand
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The American Hereford Association and Certified Hereford Beef LLC staffs have created a new Hereford-based beef brand specifically targeting Hispanic...
Wind damages crops across the state, but losses hard to predict
COLUMBUS -- After the wind storm from Hurricane Ike, Ohio farmers are finding their corn in one of two states: either standing relatively well...
U.S. ends marketing year with record grain exports
WASHINGTON — U.S. agricultural exports surpassed expectations in 2007, generating a record $82 billion for U.S. farm families and the economy in general. According...
Scenes from this year’s Farm Science Review
If you didn't get to this year's Farm Science Review, here are some of the sights you missed.
Ohioans earn $470,000 in grants
COLUMBUS -- The USDA's Rural Development Office awarded $471,000 in Value-Added Producer Grant funding to three recipients during the 2008 fiscal year funding cycle."These...
Ramp On!
A ramp is a sloping path or access way, a movable set of stairs, or it even "verbs" itself by increasing something gradually, but...
Small is Beautiful
Becky Zeune keeps about 20 miniature horses, a couple of donkeys and two lambs on her farm near Danville, Ohio. She said they are...
‘Bioneer’ Joel Salatin shares ag vision with local producers
AUGUSTA, Ohio -- Joel Salatin thinks in terms of multiples: multiple uses for land, multiple uses for equipment, multiple uses for animals. In fact,...
