Tag: farming
Book shares insights from farm to table
Each chapter answers questions about major food issues such as organics, animal welfare and sustainability.
Farm Credit salaries, big loans should lead to big questions
Lenders will continue to grow, merge and make whale-sized loans unless the farm, ranch and rural owners of the Farm Credit System begin to question them.
Prepare for planting season, Part 2: Calibration
Proper calibration prevents seed skips, doubles and seeds planted at an incorrect depth, which could mean wasted seed and money.
Chores on the farm bring solace
Farming, with its demands, its solitude, new life and certain death, puts us in tune with the harsh, yet holy, cycle of life.
FSA now offers text alerts
The Ohio USDA FSA County offices now offers farmers and producers the opportunity to receive notifications from their county office through text messages.
Prepare for planting season, Part 1: The basics
Spring planting season is right around the corner and now is the time to pull out your planters and get them ready.
Farmers need total systems approach
This year's Conservation Tillage Conference reminded farmers to take a total systems approach, including the pesticides and chemicals they use.
Professor, farmer to speak at breakfast
Emily Buck, Ph.D., associate professor, Ohio State University, and third-generation farmer, will talk about what farmers do, and why they do it.
As ag swoons, Farm Credit booms
System banks more than doubled their lending, increased their share of U.S ag debt by half and rose to dominate ag lending.
Dairy farmers should aim for the top
The Northeast Ohio Regional Dairy Conference encouraged farmers to aim for the top third, by knowing and following their numbers.
