Yearly Archives: 2006
Israel struggles with its ag future
(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell is traveling with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.
Surprise ties together generations
I awoke, slightly bleary-eyed from not nearly enough sleep, and headed for the kitchen one morning last week.
Evidence of AWB selling U.S. grain to corrupt nations is too much to ignore
A month ago this space outlined the ongoing Australian probe of AWB Ltd., that nation's single-desk wheat exporter, and the nearly $215 million in kickbacks and bribes it paid to Iraqi officials to keep Aussie wheat flowing into Iraq between 1999 and the U.
Making the Bee; Removing the Sting
A few weeks ago, my eighth grader casually mentioned that she was one of two representatives from her classroom in the school spelling bee.
A mug of high fat might not kill you
Look, I just don't know if I can stomach the path this nation is taking one more day. What kind of world do we live in when a down-on-his-luck panhandler has to say, "Pardon me, brother.
Precision feeding helps environment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Phosphorus and nitrogen-containing protein are well recognized as essential components to dairy cattle feed.
Take steps to keep soybean disease at arm’s length
COLUMBUS - Asian soybean rust didn't show up in Ohio or Indiana in 2005, but a lot of other soybean diseases did.
High prices to stay as cow herd grows
URBANA, Ill. - The cattle industry can expect another year of high prices, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
Corn after corn a continuous challenge for growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Conventional wisdom suggests a corn crop be rotated with another crop. Some farmers are disregarding that sage advice and producing high yields by growing corn in the same field year after year.
Construction to start on ethanol plant
MAUMEE, Ohio - The Andersons Inc. will immediately begin construction on the largest, dry-mill ethanol plant east of the Mississippi River in Clymers, Ind.
