Repeat after me: Only use antibiotics when they are absolutely necessary
Antibiotic use in livestock cannot make up for poor management.
Human hair serves as fertilizer
Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source.
Appeals Court upholds decisions in MWCD maintenance assessment cases
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Judges of the 5th District Court of Appeals have agreed with the decisions of a lower court that permit assessments of property owners by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District to fund a plan of maintenance and rehabilitation in the system of reservoirs and dams in the Muskingum River Watershed.
The most popular stories on www.farmanddairy.com in 2008:
Here are the news stories you clicked again and again on our Web site in 2008, with starting with the "most clicked" at the...
Farm and Dairy’s 2008 top stories in review
Weather woesWeather is always a hot topic in the farmhouse. In March, an ice storm hit northeastern Ohio and western Pa., followed by 23...
Blending wall hinders ethanol growth
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ethanol production opened the door to the renewable fuels industry. The industry now must get past an imposing wall of...
Tight feeder supplies the issue in 2009
Cattle feeders’ No. 1 concern was feed inputs. Not any more, says Mike Sands of Informa Economics.
The market analyst predicts corn will not...
Food prices show no sign of declining
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The year 2008 was an interesting economic year. Housing prices fell. The dollar weakened, strengthened a bit and then weakened again.
ACRE program signup set for spring
USDA farm programs: Advance direct and counter-cyclical payments started in December.
Obama taps Iowa’s Tom Vilsack as ag secretary
President-elect Barack Obama selected former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his choice for the next U.S. secretary of agriculture.
