Ohio ag director says farmers desire agriculture-friendly laws
Water quality and food safety were among the topics discussed when Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David Daniels visited Wayne County to celebrate Ag Week in Ohio.
USDA shows corn for feed use well below expectations
March 1 corn, soybean and wheat inventory in the United States was higher than a year ago. Corn stocks totaled 7.74 billion bushels, 11 percent more than a year ago.
Crash in Global Dairy Trade prices not 'April Fool's joke'
The April 1 Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction added to the losses incurred in the March 17 event as the weighted average for all products plunged 10.8 percent.
Looking for 2015 hog slaughter to be second highest after 2008
The March Hogs and Pigs Report indicates hog slaughter will stay well above the year-ago level through August. The inventories of market hogs by weight group were from 6 percent to 9.4 percent larger than a year ago.
Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance (ACWA) is leading a $713,000 Water Quality Initiative (WQI) in the Elk Run Watershed to engage farmers in parts of Sac, Calhoun and Carroll counties in discussion and implementation of water conservation practices outlined in the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
How to harmlessly dispatch disrespectful garden snakes
This weekend I was sitting at my desk busy working away when I heard a knock at the back door. It was my wife, asking if I would take time to come and look at something. Naturally, I said, “Come in! What’s up?”
For well over a century, the Louisville Slugger baseball bat has been the bat of choice for Major League Baseball players, and the history of its parent company, Hillerich & Bradsby (H&B), is nothing short of a true American success story.
