Monthly Archives: October 2009
Organic minerals can be helpful in preventing lameness in sows
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- One of the greatest challenges facing swine breeding herd managers today is increasing sow longevity in the herd, especially when...
Composition of milk, rbST or not, is the same
Panel finds no evidence of human health risks from drinking milk from cows supplemented with rbST.
Dwarf scouring rush found in rare wetland on Mercyhurst College land
GIRARD, Pa. -- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy scientists have discovered a plant in Erie County that has never been recorded in Pennsylvania. The plant, dwarf...
New program prepares young agriculture advocates
DENVER -- The American National CattleWomen Inc. will launch of College Aggies Online, a new program aimed at helping today's college students become confident...
Hog producers begin to see the first signs of economic recovery
URBANA, Ill. -- The magnitude of losses from pork production operations is declining and profits are expected to turn positive in the spring of...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 1, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Global energy policy like cheap food?
Economists like the markets to fix the world's ills, so maybe that's why so many of them back the cap-and-trade solution to greenhouse gas...
The film The Informant is not funny
The two, almost-funny moments in The Informant!, Hollywood's comedic treatment of the deadly serious, 1995 price fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland, failed to...
Summer steak sales equal CAB record
A steak sizzling on the grill is to a consumer what a cash register cha-ching is to a grocer. Despite economic conditions, those sweet...
Does anyone remember Who?
Who remembers Who?And although I didn't plan to write about Who -- the list on the kitchen table on which I jot notes about...
