Yearly Archives: 2006
Pa. milk production up
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Milk production in Pennsylvania during April 2006 totaled 919 million pounds, 2 percent above last April's production of 901 million pounds, according to the Pennsylvania Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
ODA to stop indemnity fee collection
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Effective July 1, the Ohio Department of Agriculture will stop collecting the half-cent per bushel assessment currently collected on grain deposits.
Manure storage and land application is the ultimate balancing act for farms
COLUMBUS - In today's economic climate, manure nutrients have more value than ever. The cost of commercial nitrogen (N) is at an all-time high and continuing to increase.
Lameness in free stall barns: The little factors all add up to a big...
Lameness is a major economic and welfare problem on our dairy farms, and the prevalence of lameness has increased in recent years.
A look at corn and feeder calf prices
FARGO, N.D. - Corn and feeder cattle markets have been volatile in the last several months as market fundamentals for both have been changing.
Farmers watch for rain damage
SALEM, Ohio - Saturated. Soaked. Wet. These words have described many spring seasons and it looks like this one, at least recently, will be no exception.
What does it mean to be a mom?
As May unfolds and Mother's Day was celebrated once again, I found myself thinking just what it means to be a mom.
Hacking away at 2007 (Iraqi) farm bill
On May 8, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns took the Bush administration's first formal step toward the 2007 farm bill.
Just Don’t Say No
We were talking about school policies. Kathie described to me a school assembly about bullying with an impatient resentment.
Of prom, parents and underpants
Remember when high school prom was just a sweet little rite of passage? This, of course, was back before parents as a whole just went ahead and lost their minds.
