Monthly Archives: January 2012
John Deere sets world record with combine constructed from food
OLATHE, Kan. -- It's a new world record. John Deere's Project "Can Do" created a full-sized combine made entirely from food -- 308,448 cans of food and 11,268 bags of food to be exact.
Ohio Beef Schools examine ‘new normal’ cattle marketing, economy
COLUMBUS -- Experts in beef cattle production and marketing will address what one industry expert called "excellent profit opportunities" for cow-calf producers and cattle feeders during the 2012 Ohio Beef Cattle Schools.
FSA Andy: Changes to come
Budget reductions are changing the face of the FSA offices across the state, like everyone we are doing more with less. Less staffing, limited supplies, and even proposals of fewer offices.
It’s hip to be square: Tractor dancing at the Pa. Farm Show
(Scroll down for Farm and Dairy's photos from the tractor square dance, as well as our video.)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Square dancers from across the...
Packard Museum exhibits antique motorcycles
The National Packard Museum, in partnership with the Lake Erie Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, opened its annual Antique Motorcycle Exhibit, Motorcycles Around the World, Jan. 14.
What are your cows doing all day?
Time is like a snowflake -- it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.-- AnonymousAs we reflect on a...
Sharks eating land birds in Gulf of Mexico
Reproduction and feather molt are two of the most energetically demanding aspects of birds' lives. The breeding season can last five months or longer, and feather molt can take six to 10 weeks. Just finding enough food to stay alive during these stressful times can be a full time job.
Imagine: McCormick-Deere instead of McCormick-Deering
When the farm implement giant, International Harvester Company, was formed in 1902 by the merger of the McCormick, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano and Champion harvester lines, it immediately gave the new firm about 90 percent of the binder and 80 percent of the mower production in the U.S.
If Houses Could Talk
One of my grandfather's favorite songs many years ago was the song, This Old House by Stuart Hamblin. He especially liked the words and he said they reminded him of his own life.
I admit it, I’m a slacker mom
It is far too soon for me to be waxing rhapsodic about a successful parenting journey. My children are still young(ish). I don't like...
