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Ripple effect from ethanol boom is apparent in 10-year baseline outlook
WASHINGTON - High corn prices are expected to bring major shifts in crop production the next two years, bringing an additional 8.
It’s time to put exports 6 feet under
While most farmers and ranchers spent February focused on rising futures and cash grain prices, the U.
Peterson gives us straight answers
Ag journalists were well-blessed last Election Day when, in the Dem's retaking of the U.S. House of Representative, Collin Peterson assumed the chairmanship of that chamber's Agriculture Committee.
Come on, let’s redo payment limits
In a surprisingly move, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns offered three reforms in his Jan. 31 farm bill proposal to fence rich farmers from the farm program payment trough.
Holmes County’s Mast named to USDA post
WASHINGTON - Ohioan Gary W. Mast has been appointed deputy undersecretary for natural resources and environment with the USDA.
Should packers control livestock?
WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, recently joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that would make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock, either through a subsidiary or an arrangement that gives the packer operational, managerial, or supervisory control prior to seven days before slaughter.
The missing word rule applies here
A college friend once noted that everyone is missing one word from their personal vocabulary. "My missing word is modesty," he pronounced.
Ethanol’s long tail to wag 2007’s dog
In 2006, ethanol was the strong tail wagging the farm dog. In 2007, ethanol will be the big, well-muscled dog whose price-pumping tail will stir every farm market and nearly every public policy debate.
Ohio Farm Bureau delegates weigh in on raw milk debate
COLUMBUS - The 329 delegates to the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting last week faced 267 pages of proposed state and national policies.
Plugging renewable energy
COLUMBUS - Most Americans agree that a move toward "energy independence" is a good thing. But is it realistic? Not if you mean 100 percent independence from foreign oil resources.
