Monthly Archives: October 2012
Don’t risk prussic acid poisoning
COLUMBUS — Fall frost can raise the potential for prussic acid poisoning in livestock.
In addition to taking measures to prevent livestock toxicity, producers can...
ODA urges wild animal owners to register by Nov. 5
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Agriculture is reminding dangerous wild animal owners a new state law passed in June requires the registration...
New fertilizer plant in Indiana
FAIRFIELD, Ill. -- Ohio Valley Resources LLC (OVR) filed an air permit application with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Sept. 17, to construct...
The sky isn’t falling: Good news on milk price horizon
With skyrocketing feed prices and negative margins to dairy producers, it may seem as if 2009 is repeating itself. But I don't think that...
Using photosynthesis to produce ethylene offers intriguing alternative
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have demonstrated a better way to use photosynthesis to produce...
No bacon shortage: Still lots of little piggies headed to market
Don't panic, we're not running out of bacon! While pork prices will be higher next year, there will be plenty of pork for consumers to buy.
Cover crops and crop insurance: You can hay or graze it until May 10
Crop insurance update: Farmers can graze or harvest a cover crop (planted now) as long as they stop by May 10, 2013.
Farmers take practical knowledge to Africa
WASHINGTON -- National Farmers Union representatives recently returned from Senegal and Zambia after participating in National Cooperative Business Association's Farmer-to-Farmer Program.
Alaska Farmers Union President...
Asian carp detected in Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay
State and federal officials ramp up sampling in response to the discovery of Asian carp eDNA in water samples taken from Maumee and Sandusky bays of Lake Erie.
Monsanto ends year with net income of $2 billion
Fueled by corn and soybean seeds and traits, net Monsanto sales for the full fiscal year were $13.5 billion, a 14 percent increase over fiscal year 2011. Net income for FY12 was $2 billion.
