Monthly Archives: August 2012
Crop year started out great, but now USDA says corn, beans down 12-13%
Drought taking its toll on U.S. yield expectations.
U.S. House stalls farm bill progress
Journalism school doesn't make cynics out of people who pick up the pen for a living.Committing journalism -- using the pen to chronicle the...
Summer of 2012: Too hot to handle?
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — This past June, more than 170 all-time U.S. heat records were tied or broken — many of them originally set in...
U.S. gets more from rural America than just our farm products
Editor Susan Crowell says we need new uses of agricultural commodities, to keep that new blood and passion to continue to build our rural communities.
Low hay supply could lead to high prices in Pa., Midwest
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pennsylvania forage growers should hope for a long fall season with good weather to help their hay crop and pastures,...
Ohio reports more cases of swine flu, but officials say not unexpected
COLUMBUS -- The number of cases of human influenza related to swine in Ohio grew to 30 on Aug. 8, following an announcement from...
2012 Mercer County 4-H Roundup
Aug. 3, 2012Sale Total: $130,914.74Total Lots: 187
STEERSNumber of Market Lots: 18Average: $1,951.40 with champions; $1,751.00 withoutNumber of carcass lots: 1Average: $1,310.40 (no champions)Grand champion:...
Kids with stressed parents eat more junk
PHILADELPHIA -- In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study...
Drivers continue to text, experience road rage on way to work
Fifty-eight percent of workers who drive to work said they experience road rage at times while traveling to and from the office, similar to findings in 2006 when the study was last conducted.
Ashtabula County farmer killed in accident, remembered for activism
ROME TWP., Ohio -- An Ashtabula County dairy farmer and activist was killed in a tragic farm accident Tuesday afternoon at his farm.Bryan Wolfe,...
