Yearly Archives: 2006
2005 fun facts won’t make you smile
Under the pile of wrapping paper left from the holidays and newspapers left from 2005 lurks some not-so-fun, 2006 items for the nation, farmers and ranchers.
A Box Of Perplexing Penguins
Flip. Waddle. Flop. Splash. I'd probably see black and white birds in my sleep. I stretched back to relieve my stiffness.
Suck it up: Technology is here, like it or not
Generally, I shun technology. Fear it, even. I am still using a circa 1997 computer because, quite frankly, I'm scared to death of having to approach some 17-year-old employee at the equivalent of a "Techno Toys "R" Us" and showcase my pathetic ignorance.
You can’t just sling it anywhere
COLUMBUS - Livestock producers who apply manure in the winter need to know it's not business as usual.
Using plants to clean polluted soils
PIKETON, Ohio - With gardens and fields of sweet corn, berries and other horticulture-related plots dotting the grounds of Ohio State University's South Centers at Piketon, it would be easy to dismiss the dozen scraggly-looking potted plants sitting alone in one of the facility's greenhouses.
Pork producers hope for ‘three-peat’
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - If hog producers enjoy a third consecutive year of profit as projected, accumulated earnings are going to be large enough to encourage further expansion.
Farm Bureau president says farmers must speak up before others do
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - America's farmers and ranchers have an obligation to provide input on farm program changes before outside forces do it for them, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said during his address at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 87th annual meeting in Nashville, where about 6,500 Farm Bureau members gathered.
Vet goes ‘back to the basics’
SHREVE, Ohio - Almost 20 years ago, on a sweltering July afternoon, veterinarian Paul Dettloff made an emergency stop at a Wisconsin farm.
This year will be a ‘whole new world’
SHREVE, Ohio - How would you like to get $26.80 a hundredweight for your milk, a dairy expert asked a group of farmers in Shreve, Ohio.
New poultry program ensures safety
SALEM, Ohio - Much of the poultry industry agreed last week to test all of its flocks for a deadly strain of bird flu.
