Monthly Archives: August 2009
Pork groups want sow buyout program
AMES, Iowa — Three pork producer marketing groups are underscoring the depth of the pork industry crisis, and requesting a sow buyout program to...
2009 Lawrence County Fair Livestock Auction
This year's auction at the Lawrence County Fair had 17 lots resold, with proceeds benefiting the Lawrence County 4-H and the Wilmington, Mohawk and Laurel FFA chapters. Check out bid prices, buyers and photos from the auction, as well as some other shots from around the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.
Ohio pork producers, processors donating meat to local foodbanks
The Ohio Pork Producers Council is leading an effort to generate 100,000 pounds of pork, or 500,000 servings, for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks by April 30, 2010.
If Mother Nature cooperates, Ohio farmers could see record yields
Could this crop year be a bin-buster in Ohio? Yes, if wheat crop is any indication.
Scholarships offered to young women
DAYTON, Ohio — American Agri-Women (AAW) is offering scholarships for women to attend their 2009 annual convention in Salem, Ore., Nov. 11-14.
The scholarships are provided...
USDA’s FSA expands farm storage loans
USDA improves its farm storage loan program that helps producers build or upgrade farm storage and handling facilities.
Schools should do more to prevent cheating
COLUMBUS -- Schools have the ability to drastically reduce cheating among their students "all they need to do is follow the relatively simple and...
Dad’s legacy lives on in memories
“My father asserted there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment. There’s something about getting up at...
‘Power Cards’ are keys to success
If you make a living on a ranch, that's a success. Just living on a ranch is a success. Heck, just taking one more...
The GIPSA watchdog better bite
Who is J. Dudley Butler and why are meatpackers and their allies saying nasty things about the courtly, 61-year-old from Yazoo County, Miss.? The...
