Yearly Archives: 2011
Farmers, embrace your link in the food chain
Farmers need to embrace their new/old role in the food chain, engage with eaters everywhere through outreach and education. We should "own" the food issue.
State government revenues decline, according to U.S. Census Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Total state government revenue dropped to $1.1 trillion in 2009, a decline of 30.8 percent from $1.6 trillion in 2008, according to...
Elder Vogel appointed to Pa. senate committee
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Senator Elder Vogel Jr. was appointed by President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, to be the new Chairman of the Senate Agriculture...
Great Lakes offers great opportunities for anglers in 2011
It will be interesting to see what the Great Lakes offer fishermen during the coming months. If last summer serves as a predictor, there...
Cowabunga, Dude! Time management
It is that time of the year when we reflect on “Wow, where did 2010 go?” or begin to make resolutions or set goals...
Worrying won’t solve life’s problems
With age comes wisdom, but with wisdom comes the realization of concerns that never occur to a person during the bliss of youth. When...
Let there be light in the pork markets
A Dec. 28, 2010, Wall Street Journal story laments the “near-halt” of pork belly trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Bellies were “once among...
2011: New Year brings new reading possibilities
As we head into a new year, nothing beats a good book by the wood stove on a cold winter night. Here are some...
Producers should apply for LDPs for wool, mohair
Hello again,Did you see those two crazy women at the mall pulling the door handles off of that salt-covered gray Blazer? Did you see...
Be careful what you wish for… High grain prices impact more than corn farmer’s...
The close of 2010 saw grain farmers across the nation still reveling in near-record prices from the fall harvest. And as we enter a new year and a new decade, indications show the best is still to come. But experienced farmers know, it won't just be grain prices that go up. What will it mean for seed and fertilizer? Or how about crop insurance, and fuel? And what about food costs and livestock feed?
