Yearly Archives: 2013
Outdoorsy versus indoorsy
Once again we packed up Boywonder and sent him off to camp for the week. By “we” I mean “he,” of course. I haven’t...
Copperhead or milk snake or rat snake?
Last week my wife informed me she had seen the first big black rat snake of the year stretched across the road in front...
Dairy update: Nutrient management legislation coming to Ohio
Dairy industry trying to inform lawmakers as they prepare for new water and nutrient legislation.
Milk marketing board adjusts Pa. over-order premium
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board has adjusted the over-order premium for the remainder of 2013 to be more in line with...
Ohio Holstein Association fires general manager
Board says it knew nothing about three-year-old contract until checks started to bounce
Pa. Soybean project scouts for disease and insects
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Every year, soybean growers face two formidable foes in their fields: Insect pests and disease.
To give growers an edge on dealing...
State of the industry: Aquaculture
The state of the aquaculture industry ... As provided for our annual Progress Edition, by Marty Domer of Domer’s Fish Hatchery
Farm bill: Now what?
WOOSTER, Ohio — The House’s June 20 defeat of the farm bill raises some interesting questions about where the bill goes next.
The 195-234 vote...
A House divided: Farm bill is fall guy
Political or dysfunctional. Take your pick for describing the U.S. House of Representatives’ actions when the farm bill came up for a vote on the floor.
Trying to divine the summer grain markets
Now we are taking stock of the prospective crop size and usage to try to get a feel for summer prices.
