Yearly Archives: 2006
Cull your cows or you’ll pay the price
AMES, Iowa - As producers have watched their forecasted pay price for milk on the farm fall by nearly $2 from year-ago levels, a national dairy marketing group is urging farmers to take another step in their supply management efforts.
Man arrested in barn fire case
SALEM, Ohio - Dave Klingensmith was losing hope that anyone would ever be arrested for torching his Trumbull County dairy farm and killing his cattle last summer.
Low-linolenic meansless fat, higher premiums
SALEM, Ohio
Harrison County ethanol facility breaks ground
CADIZ, Ohio - Armed with financing, land transfers and support, Harrison Ethanol LLC creators started the final steps to make their ethanol facility a reality.
Food-grade beans can add to bottom line
SALEM, Ohio - Right about the time high-tech genetically modified soybeans became mainstream, the Schwartz brothers in Trumbull County decided to take a gamble with food-grade soybeans.
Ohio gives first-ever bioscience loan
SALEM, Ohio - Advanced Biological Marketing in Van Wert, Ohio, has received the first bioscience loan ever distributed by Ohio.
Kickin’ up dust
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Olivia Grimm is a queen, but not the kind who loafs around the palace eating ice cream and getting her toenails painted.
Farmers are the best conservationists we have
COLUMBUS - Education is agriculture's most powerful tool in helping the public understand farm practices and programs.
Ag economist says 2007 farm bill will differ from past legislation
COLUMBUS - The 2007 farm bill will be different from its predecessors, according to agricultural economist Carl Zulauf.
Being in the dark is sometimes best
It strikes me as a bit humorous that everything old has become new again in many segments of our society.
