Yearly Archives: 2009
Payment program aids dairy producers
COLUMBUS — With milk prices collapsing following two years of historical highs, an old dairy program reauthorized by the 2008 farm bill may aid...
Financial management practices and strategy options for farm operators
By WILLIAM EDWARDSAMES, Iowa -- After several years of high grain prices and generous margins, crop producers are facing a 2009 that looks less...
Food inventory in Holmes County will connect growers and consumers
MILLERSBURG, Ohio -- A food-for-the-table inventory meeting was co-sponsored by OSU Extension and Ken Miller's County Line Museum Jan. 17. Ellen Mee from the...
Farmers fault Congress and stimulus for failure to confront dairy crisis
WASHINGTON -- The Dairy Subcommittee of the National Family Farm Coalition hosted a press teleconference outlining the dire crisis in the dairy industry due...
Consumers may no longer be paying attention to peanut product recall
COLUMBUS -- Despite continual updates of products involved in the widespread peanut product recall, consumers may no longer be paying attention, according to a...
Watch love grow
SALEM, Ohio -- Anyone can give chocolate for Valentine's Day, but now there's a vegetable that allows you to declare your undying devotion.
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Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association honors award winners at annual conference
ELYSBURG, Pa. -- More than 250 auctioneers, apprentices, support personnel, vendors and guests attended and participated in the 61st annual conference and trade show...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Feb. 5, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Made it to Christmas! A plebe’s life
(Editor's note: Weston Boose, a 4-H'er from rural Norwalk, Ohio, and son of Terry and Mary Lisa Boose, is starting college life at the...
China hogs all the pork imports
DENVER — China’s overseas purchases and imports of pork and pork products in calendar year 2008 were unprecedented for any single country in history,...
