Monthly Archives: January 2010
Haitian government plan calls for $700 million investment for ag sector
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is calling for international donors to support a $700 million investment plan...
Butler County Pedalers are Pennsylvania Farm Show fiber junkies
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Like the fibers that float through the air from their just-spun wardrobe, shawl-draped Butler County Pedalers members anxiously floated from spinning...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Jan. 28, 2010
Hello from Hazard!
We heard from only one more reader on Item No. 880, and Robert Dorner of Mansfield, Ohio, is thinking along the same...
Farm program deadlines fast approaching!
Hello Again!Last minute news! The deadline for accepting applications for the Grassland Reserve Program is quickly approaching. And that’s putting it lightly. Grassland Reserve...
Embracing my inner grouch
You hear all the time about embracing your inner child, but what if what you have is less an inner 8-year-old and more an...
PA Preferred: It’s relationships that count
By ANDY ANDREWS
Contributing Writer
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- This year's Pennsylvania Farm Show is all about building "relationships." Guests of the Pennsylvania Farm Show's new PA...
Dairymen form PAC to be heard in D.C.
Rocked by a year of historically low milk prices, dairy farmers are taking their case to Washington to seek changes in how the price of milk is set. Dairy farmers from Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio have started a federal lobbying effort to call for changes in the milk pricing system and demand that the USDA enact provisions in the farm bill that will help farmers.
Workshop focuses on transferring farm to the next generation
As the age of farm operators increases, transferring the ownership and management of the family business to the next generation will become one of...
I wish Grandma Ruth could run the world
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." -- William Butler Yeats
One of the greatest life lessons taught to me came on an...
NCBA reaches for more checkoff cash
When the cowboys of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association ride into San Antonio for the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and NCBA Trade Show Jan....
