Yearly Archives: 2012
Nutrition specialist: Omega-3s are best bet for good health
SPRINGFIELD, M0. -- The sales of dietary supplements continue to grow annually and are now estimated to be more than $28 billion in the U.S. It is difficult to sort through the astounding claims with these products according to Pam Duitsman, a nutrition and health education specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
Lewandowski joins OSU Extension Wayne County
WOOSTER, Ohio -- A new member has joined the staff of the Ohio State University Extension in Wayne County.
Rory Lewandowski, formerly an extension educator...
Manure pits getting full, livestock owners waiting for ground to freeze
Livestock producers across Ohio and the Midwest have been unable to apply manure this fall and early winter due to saturated field conditions. Most livestock farmers are really pressed for manure storage room. Waiting for frozen ground to apply manure is likely to be their only available option.
LETTER: Horse slaughter is inhumane and unnecessary
We can not keep slaughtering an excess of 100,000 horses every year and say this is a necessary evil to dispose of horses. We need to control the breeding of the horses to regain ground in price and value for the horse.
LETTER: Country needs farmers who milk cows, not taxpayers
The "farm bill," as quoted by Farm and Dairy editor Susan Crowell, is 75 percent not directed to the "farm." May I venture to say that another 20 percent of that remains is welfare for bankers, lawyers, politicians and multinational corporations. That leaves less than 10 billion dollars to benefit farmers.
A dog’s life brightens our own life
Yesterday was one of those gray, dreary days that make us long for sunshine and blue skies. Winter's crop, so far, has been fresh mud on top of old mud.
Remembering the bigger, better IHC Mogul
To start off 2012, here's the story of a tractor that was bright and shiny and new 100 years ago. The International Harvester Company introduced the International Mogul 12-25 — its first lightweight tractor — in 1912. Even though the Mogul 12-25 weighed almost 5 tons, it was a whole lot lighter than the huge, clumsy machines that IHC had been building up until then.
Auld Lang sighs as 2012 begins
Before this 2012 thing gets too far down the road, let's take a sober second or two to review some of the more inventive ideas from 2011 and see if we can't make them work in the coming 12 months of political and economic stalemate.
A dozen disasters: 12 things to trip you up in 2012
Recognizing risk is the first step to keeping agriculture profitable. Here's our list of 12 things that could trip you up in 2012. It's up to you to do something about it.
At the sound of the beep
Recently, reminiscing with the children about our own childhoods where we walked 5 miles in five foot drifts to school, uphill both ways (naturally),...
