Yearly Archives: 2013
GIPSA rules: New Wilmington Livestock Auction fined for shortages in 2009, 2011
New Wilmington Livestock Auction has been suspended for 14 days or until it demonstrates its custodial account shortages and insolvency have been corrected. There's also a $25,000 civil penalty.
New Wilmington and Skelton have also been assessed a $25,000 civil penalty.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 21, 2013:
CORTLAND, Ohio — The Just A Good Ride 4-H club members met to discuss and vote on the upcoming show season, Trumbull County Fair...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 21, 2013:
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Five students from the Mohawk FFA chapter met with Sen. Elder Vogel and Rep. Jaret Gibbons March 12 to speak with...
I say neigh … I mean, nay, I say!
The coincidence was positively delicious. Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle-deep in a saucy mess that featured racier...
FSA Andy: The USDA’s youth loan program can lend a hand (and some bucks)
Think you can't get a farm loan at age 16? Think again. USDA's Farm Service Agency can help.
It’s all a wash (and we can eat off one of my son’s socks)
The home remodeling continues: Puzzling over LEDs and spin cycles.
Value-based cattle marketing dominates
Selling fed cattle on a live basis is no longer standard practice, and some day it could end up as no more than historical...
It’s not easy figuring out a farmer’s luck
“A wise gamester ought to take the dice even as they fall and pay down quietly, rather than grumble at his luck.”
— Sophocles, 403...
The church is the house of God
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house ... I had rather be a doorkeeper...
Get back to the basics of grazing
If you have livestock that graze pastures or you are looking to start grazing livestock, you may have read this column over the past...
