Yearly Archives: 2013
Pork Board OKs $3 million for summer push
ORLANDO — New market challenges and opportunities inspired the National Pork Board March 7 to approve adding $3 million in additional pork checkoff funds...
Utica and Marcellus shale: Chesapeake isn’t the only drilling company on permit list
All of the permits issued during February in Carroll County were to Chesapeake Exploration LLC. Find out what other counties and drillers were issued permits.
Ronnie Kirk, we barely knew you … but we remember
On Feb. 27, the eve the Great Sequester, President Barack Obama left the Oval Office and its byzantine game of federal budget chicken to...
Tom Vilsack to lead US delegation at G-8 Summit
WASHINGTON— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the U.S. delegation at the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture on April 29-30, 2013...
Winter grain markets still hiding secrets
The middle of March is a hard time to plan grain marketing. We are in the dark about actual planting plans, spring weather, and the results of the winter weather we are now experiencing.
Letter: Agriculture needs to engage more consumers
Reader: I challenge all of us involved in agriculture to utilize our resources to the best that we can so we can work better ourselves.
Hugo Chavez death may create fragile ag climate in Venezuela
The death of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, creates uncertainty in that country's ag sectors, too.
Sluggish exports, sequestration are threatening pork price recovery
The current U.S. pork industry outlook suggests it will be late summer before hog producers see break-even conditions.
Pollinator short course to focus on threats to bees
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Farmers, gardeners, beekeepers, naturalists and others with an interest in bees are invited to attend The Power of Pollinators Short Course,...
Eating fewer, larger meals may be healthier for obese women
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Media articles and nutritionists alike have perpetuated the idea that for healthy metabolisms individuals should consume small meals multiple times a...
