Yearly Archives: 2008
Soybean enemies’ days are numbered
DES MOINES, Iowa — DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred says it has identified and incorporated new proprietary molecular markers into its soybean research program.
The...
The Longest Day
Summer has arrived. The longest day of the year has passed. When summer solstice approaches, the noonday sun rises higher and higher in the...
UPDATED: Pigeon King goes bankrupt
Originally posted 6/20/2008 at 11:20 a.m. EST:
SALEM, Ohio -- What once looked like a high-flying and profitable opportunity -- a business sold under the...
Schafer signs ag pact with Philippines
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has signed a memorandum of agreement with Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap to promote agricultural trade and...
Four will enter Ohio Ag Hall of Fame
COLUMBUS — Just hours before the Olympic torch is lit, members of Ohio’s agricultural industry will gather to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of...
19 Ohioans sick from ground beef; Kroger connection
COLUMBUS -- Ohio departments of health and agriculture confirmed June 25 that a raw ground beef sample provided by an Ohio E. coli O157:H7...
Dog Days of Summer
Wayne and Teresa Queen of Mansfield, Ohio, said their Australian Shepherd, Duke, knows all about the dog days of summer. As soon as the...
Hazard A Guess: Week of June 26, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Buy now, play later
As many of you were, I hope, reading all about how rising fuel prices had me firmly resolving to stay home this summer, I...
Flooding fallout is anyone’s guess
While Midwestern farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have precise measurements on how much rain fell where in the deluge that socked 2008...
