Yearly Archives: 2016
Costs and returns: By the numbers
We are starting 2016 with Class III milk prices dipping into the $13 per hundredweight (cwt.) range for multiple months in the futures market.
Central State University garners federal funds to cultivate ag students
Central State University has secured $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service to support the development of a well-qualified and diverse pool of students interested in agriculture/engineering.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Jan. 21, 2016
This week's roundup includes news from the Lone Rangers, Circle 62 and Western Reserve Rangers 4-H clubs.
Can’t ignore the trends in agriculture
Editor Susan Crowell encourages farmers not to ignore trends in her commentary this week. "Agriculture is an industry that is ripe for massive change and disruption," says futurist Jim Carroll.
Holstein sets new milk record: 74,650 pounds
A Holstein in Wisconsin, Bur-Wall Buckeye Gigi, has set a national milk production record of 74,650 pounds of milk, with 2,126 pounds of fat and 2,142 pounds of protein.
Cooking with oatmeal: Oatmeal cookies and no-bakes
You can cook oatmeal, and you can cook WITH oatmeal. Huge difference, people.
How to make baked oatmeal
Cold, blustery mornings call for a hot breakfast.
Rauch family overcomes struggles
Sometimes it is all hands on deck at Rauclif Farms, in Little Hocking, Ohio, but Bradley and Katie Marks, Jody and Jamey Rauch and the rest of the Rauch family have all found their roles on the family farm. The farm has had its fair share of struggles and triumphs, but farming is something this family loves to do.
North Carolina 10-year-old earns $1,000 savings bond for growing giant cabbage
Growing giant produce pays off.
Produce growers gearing up for new FDA rules
New rules go into effect Jan. 26, but producers still have time to comply.
