Tag: cattle
Ohio beef marketing program referendum fails
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it has certified the results of the 2012 Ohio Beef Marketing Program Referendum. The referendum, seeking to increase the state checkoff on cattle from $1 to $2, did not receive enough favorable votes to pass.
Breeders honored at Eastern Ohio Shorthorn Association district show
CANFIELD, Ohio -- The Eastern Ohio Shorthorn Association held its district show during the 2012 Canfield Fair in Mahoning County. This year's show was...
Don’t risk prussic acid poisoning
COLUMBUS — Fall frost can raise the potential for prussic acid poisoning in livestock.
In addition to taking measures to prevent livestock toxicity, producers can...
Should I exit the cow/calf industry?
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- In March 2012, the prices of feeder cattle reached record highs. By mid-July 2012, the severe drought in the Midwest and...
ATI to dedicate new beef cattle handling facility
WOOSTER, Ohio — The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) will dedicate its new beef cattle handling facility from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m....
Cattlemen wonder what’s next for market
Reducing waste may outweigh the costs of the feed this year.
Red and White tops Holstein sale
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The Ohio Holstein Summer Sale was held Aug. 25 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster.
When auctioneer Steve Andrews dropped the...
If you can hold on, reduced cattle herd could mean bigger...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The U.S. beef herd has been shrinking, and the worst drought in decades has only encouraged that trend to continue....
Sorting lies, distortions and lawsuits
Somewhere along the line, it became acceptable to bend and break the record of public figures and firms without any consequence whatsoever. Shortly thereafter,...
