Yearly Archives: 2012
Time changes things
Not long ago, I was looking at some of our picture albums. As I turned the pages, I could not believe my eyes.
I saw...
Ohio beef marketing program referendum fails
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it has certified the results of the 2012 Ohio Beef Marketing Program Referendum. The referendum, seeking to increase the state checkoff on cattle from $1 to $2, did not receive enough favorable votes to pass.
Top honors at World Dairy Expo
RF Goldwyn Hailey, exhibited by Gen-Com Holstein Ltd, of N-D du Bon Conseil, Quebec, was crowned grand champion at the 2012 International Holstein Open Show during this year's World Dairy Expo.
Landsat satellites find the ‘sweet spot’ for crops
GREENBELT, Md. -- Farmer Gary Wagner walks into his field where the summer leaves on the sugar beet plants are a rich emerald hue...
Autumn’s splendor restores my soul
Somehow a notice went out a week ago to all the blue jays in Illinois that the acorns on (what I think is) a...
Innovative Farmers of Ohio takes an entrepreneurial focus at conference
DELAWARE, Ohio -- The Innovative Farmers of Ohio will hold its annual conference Nov. 2-3 with the theme: "Resetting the American Dinner Table: How...
Leaders in nutrition, biotechnology, farming and ranching will assemble to discuss food issues
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Americans continue to have questions about how food is grown and raised. In response, the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, which...
Researchers say methane emissions can be traced back to Roman times
WASHINGTON -- Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere can be traced back thousands of years in the Greenland ice sheet.
Using special...
What makes them tick? Not all employees motivated by same thing
Farm managers able to motivate their workers have a better chance of reducing the typical labor problems faced in today's economy (turnover, absenteeism, and...
Memories frozen in pictures
Time flies, it really does. Pictures don’t. Pictures freeze time, age, and reality. Such is the case of the pencil image that I’ve used...
