Ag reacts to Obama’s budget proposal with big crop insurance cuts
Last week, President Obama released his spending blueprint for fiscal 2017, a $4 trillion proposal congressional Republicans immediately declared dead on arrival. Agricultural leaders expressed a...
View ArticleOhio Farmers Union holds 83rd Annual Convention
The Ohio Farmers Union held its 83rd Annual Convention beginning Friday, January 27, 2017. Among public policy topics discussed were Ohio farmland tax issues and whether or not to establish carrying...
View Article2017 Ohio Pork Congress highlights
The 2017 Ohio Professional Pork Producers Symposium was held on Feb. 15 at the Columbus Crowne Plaza North as a part of the 2017 Ohio Pork Congress. To kick off the morning with a general session,...
View ArticleCommodity Classic focuses on farmer profitability
More than 350 Ohioans joined nearly 10,000 farmers from around the country for the 2017 Commodity Classic in San Antonio early this month to set policy, network and learn to improve their farms from...
View ArticleBetween the Rows kicks off the 2017 season
Ben Klick, Stark County I am a fifth generation farmer with Windy Way farms near Massilon. I work full time on the farm with my dad and grandfather. We are a grain and beef operation. It is a half...
View ArticleCorn decisions aplenty as June looms large
As the calendar days pass by and too-wet soil conditions persist, some tough corn decisions are being forced upon farmers. Across the state, numerous growers have reported having poor stands, said...
View ArticleTaking a look at past and present trades
By Jon Scheve, Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC I suspect everyone is waiting for the Aug. 10 USDA report that includes estimated ear weights and yields. I think if the average national yield is 175, $4...
View ArticleInsights from the 2017 Census of Agriculture
In April the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about America’s farms and ranches and...
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