Yearly Archives: 2013
Looking back: Top farm stories of 2013
The top stories of 2013 included ethanol ... shale gas ... Ohio Holstein Association ... Pa. transportation laws ...
Dairy markets favorable for start of new year
Profit margins, feed costs look better heading into 2014
Congress wraps up its least productive year ever
Every year ends on Dec. 31.
Every baseball season ends with the World Series. Growing seasons end with a hard freeze and the opera season...
Always chore time in bleak midwinter
Ash Day. Someone had to scoop the gray powdery ash from the bottom of the coal furnace, dumping it in to buckets. This is possibly the worst job known to man.
Natural gas powered trucks serving Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — Republic Services recently announced the deployment of 79 compressed natural gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks that are serving customers throughout...
Holiday grain trading takes hit on the market
For the last couple of weeks I have been saying that only the March Planting Intentions Report from USDA can help this market. My idea has been that I don’t see bullish news anywhere on the horizon. But, I do think that farmers will like $13 soybeans better than $4 corn.
Alyssa Tavoletti — Dec. 29, 2013
Beginners Luck! Alyssa Tavoletti bagged this buck during her first trip with a bow in Monroe County, Ohio on December 29, 2013.
Treating icy roads with…cheese?
Wisconsin is known for producing cheese, but now the state is taking its cheese industry to the next level, it's battling icy roads with cheese biproduct.
Maize Valley Farm Market and Winery brings home industry award for “Mad Cow”
The Maize Valley Farm Market and Winery won the 2013 Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) Clear Choice Award. The prestigious industry awards are given to products packaged in glass that demonstrate strong consumer appeal, shelf impact and commercial success. Verallia North America (the glass bottle manufacture) entered Maize Valley's Mad Cow in the competition.
Ohio Seed Improvement Association: There is a growing demand for noxious weed free forage...
DUBLIN, Ohio — There is a growing demand in North America for the use of certified noxious weed free forage and mulch as a...
