Monthly Archives: June 2011
Weigh in on Ohio forestry management
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Forestry will host five open houses in July. The public is invited...
Cooperatives Working Together Dairy group renews commitment to export program, but needs others, too
The commitments would start in 2012, but more dairy production support is needed.
FDA discovers trace arsenic in 3-Nitro, Pfizer to end sales
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced June 8 that Alpharma, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., will voluntarily suspend U.S. sales of the animal drug 3-Nitro (Roxarsone).
Champion cattle in the show ring is not the only goal of Dunn Herefords
The Dunns are interested in the heterosis breeding project being funded by the Hereford association.
Rising energy costs drive food prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased during the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
Key to managing Johne’s? Focus on calf, MSU researchers say
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Focusing on the calf is the simple and straightforward take-home message for all dairy and beef producers when it comes to controlling Johne's disease in their herds.
Niese Brothers grain farm grows with new tech, good sense
Big-scale farming has family appeal for Ohio family.
Local Roots Market schedules three farm tours
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Local Roots Market and Cafe farm tour provides shoppers with the chance to meet the farmers who grow or raise the food sold at Local Roots as well as to learn more about growing practices, environmental stewardship and farming life.
Just Say Cheese photo contest weekly winner: Jason Harris
This little lady knows how to share! Jason Harris took this photo of his daughter, Maggie, feeding fresh-picked raspberries to her grandpa’s dairy cows.
Dalton dairyman invents tool to change milker inflations
DALTON, Ohio -- DALTON, Ohio -- Changing inflations on the milking units probably ranks near the bottom of a dairy farmer's list of favorite activities -- right below chasing heifers at midnight or in the pouring rain and right above fixing a broken manure spreader on the coldest day of the year.
