Yearly Archives: 2015
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Jan. 22, 2015
The Lone Rangers 4-H club held its monthly meeting Jan. 11.
Beef producers: A lot of people are counting on your work
It’s been a few years, but I also remember what it’s like to come to a feedbunk, lined with cattle looking up, eagerly awaiting breakfast or supper. No doubt, you know that feeling well.
On a wing and a prayer
We had made our lists and checked them twice. We had removed all extraneous jewelry. We had packed everything in 3 ounce clear travel sizes.
New crop insurance option for specialty crop growers, diversified farms
The policy allows producers to insure between 50 to 85 percent of their whole farm revenue and makes crop insurance more affordable for producers, including fruit and vegetable growers and organic farmers and ranchers.
Winter from the window
Short snaps of deep cold were not rare but all were deeply unwelcome. The cows, the hired men, the plumbing, the shivering calves, the machinery—everyone and everything—moved slower or not at all when temperatures fell to zero or below.
Half of U.S. dairymen enroll in new margin protection program
The voluntary program provides financial assistance to participating farmers when the margin — the difference between the price of milk and feed costs — falls below the coverage level selected by the farmer.
A lesson about the love of raising sheep
When I was a toddler, my maternal grandfather decided his four little granddaughters needed the experience of bottle feeding a lamb.
Ask FSA Andy about loans for beginning farmers
A beginning farmer is defined as someone who has not operated a farm for more than 10 years, substantially participates in a farm operation and meets the eligibility requirements of the loan program they are applying for.
Food safety expert to growers: ‘Keep calm and get prepared’
Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association holds sessions related to produce safety, marketing.
MIT researchers discover how rain gets its smell
Researchers used high-speed cameras to capture raindrops in slow motion.
