Yearly Archives: 2005
What are they saying?
With two cases of mad cow in Canada in the last month and the U.S. ready to open the border, see what's on the minds of producers, packers, consumers and livestock haulers at Damascus Livestock Auction.
EPA offers pollution deal to farmers
SALEM, Ohio - With air pollution accusations mounting against farms across the nation, a federal agency plans to get farmers to open themselves to scrutiny, research and governmental oversight.
Just getting through: Gross-outs and revelations from an artificial insemination school
DAMASCUS, Ohio - It's below 40 degrees in here, cold enough to see your breath and lose track of your fingertips.
Cattlemen, pocket your profits: Sign up to market Ohio Signature Beef
CORTLAND, Ohio - Northwestern Ohio cattlemen haul their fat cattle to northeastern Ohio slaughterhouses and pocket premiums up to $80 per head.
Power to the people
Power Show Ohio is more than a farm show, more than a construction equipment show, more than a lawn and garden tractor show. It's a power show.
The 35th annual event will be held Jan. 28-30 at the Ohio Expositions Center in Columbus.
Johanns moves in to USDA
WASHINGTON - Home from college on spring break, Mike Johanns was helping his father on his family's Iowa dairy farm when a cow started frothing at the mouth and went down.
We just thought you should know
A lot of information crosses our doorstep. Some we publish; some we pitch. Some we file for future reference, never sure what or when might make us dig into that folder.
Remembering cowboy commandments and glowing campfire perfection
Remember the good old days of the cowboy commandments?
It seems like such a long time ago when every child wanted to be a cowboy who stood up for all that was good, honorable and right.
USDA’s mad cow circus: Act II
After spending the last four years marrying the U.S. cattle market to Canada's cattle market - the new family's name is "the integrated North American beef market" - the USDA is now saddled with its handiwork.
Dairy industry needs to brag a little
Don't brag about yourself, what you do or what you have accomplished.
While this is surely a directive in some weighty volume of proper behavior, the referenced behavior is that of individuals - not the necessary behavior of a vital, exciting, important industry.
