Yearly Archives: 2012
Recreation offers income opportunities for farmers
HONOLULU -- By maximizing the recreational value of their land, farmers and ranchers could reap an additional $20,000 per year without sowing a single seed, Daryl Jones of the Natural Resources Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University told attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 93rd annual meeting.
Infrared heaters: Claims and realities
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- When winter weather begins and temperatures drop, many people start looking for ways to shave a few dollars off their heating costs.
Sideways grain markets give no clues
I am looking for lower prices. The farmers want one more shot at $7 corn. They should not bet the farm they will get it.
Will we listen to Clint Eastwood’s halftime speech?
Chrysler's Super Bowl ad narrated by Clint Eastwood reminds us that we -- Americans -- are gritty and resilient. We're the wet-behind-the-ears upstarts still writing our young country's first chapters. It also reminds us of what's so great about this country: the freedom to fail and the freedom to reinvent and the freedom to change.
Experts warn of strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain of fire blight that is resistant to such traditional treatments as the antibiotic streptomycin.
Ohio Farmers Union supports limited moratorium on fracking permits
COLUMBUS — Like most Ohio landowners, members of the Ohio Farmers Union discussed Ohio’s natural gas boom during their 2012 public policy discussion, held...
Two Oklahoma hog farms targeted in HSUS undercover video
SALEM, Ohio — Two Oklahoma hog farms were the targets of a recent undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States, but...
Farmers urged to consider combining cover crops with no-till methods
Experts at the Pennsylvania No-till Day held Jan. 31 in West Middlesex, Pa., say it takes the combination of no-till and cover crops.
Chesapeake files lawsuit against 95 property owners in two Ohio counties
A court battle is beginning over 6,000 leased acres in Carroll and Columbiana counties.
Young Farmers reunion slated for northeastern Ohio
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio -- Attendees of the Ohio Young Farmers Winter Reunion will tour Miller's Custom Cabinets in Burton and an Amish buggy shop in Middlefield. They will then visit Middlefield Cheese, a major producer of Swiss cheese, and Charlene Farms, a retail meat business and equipment museum. The reunion is scheduled for March 10.
