Cover crops and crop insurance: You can hay or graze it until May 10
Crop insurance update: Farmers can graze or harvest a cover crop (planted now) as long as they stop by May 10, 2013.
Monsanto ends year with net income of $2 billion
Fueled by corn and soybean seeds and traits, net Monsanto sales for the full fiscal year were $13.5 billion, a 14 percent increase over fiscal year 2011. Net income for FY12 was $2 billion.
Pressure on dairy farms will continue into 2013
Milk prices will remain steady to higher in last few months of 2012.
Vilsack’s buzzword at Farm Science Review: Innovation, innovation, innovation
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: Ag innovation gave us food security.
Madison County, Ohio, woman dies after H3N2v swine flu virus exposure
The death of a 61-year-old female Madison County, Ohio, resident is being linked to the H3N2v 'swine flu' virus.
Need hay? Ohio’s online directory can connect farmers
Ohio’s Hay Directory, along with other drought-related information, is now available online.
Income over dairy feed costs? There’s a free app for that
Using the mobile app DairyCents is as easy as entering a zip code, selecting a milk production level, and date and the app will calculate income over feed costs.
Crop year started out great, but now USDA says corn, beans down 12-13%
Drought taking its toll on U.S. yield expectations.
Six Lake Erie samples positive for Asian carp DNA
Six water samples taken from Sandusky and north Maumee bays in Lake Erie tested positive for the presence of Asian carp environmental DNA in Michigan and Ohio waters.
Codex approves international standards for ractopamine
A U.N. commission has approved an international standard for the veterinary drug ractopamine, a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs.
