Published Sep. 27, 2010
Hiring new employees can be a tedious process, no matter what kind of business you operate. You want people who will work hard, do the job right, be honest and represent your operation in a good way.
For livestock farmers, hiring has become increasingly complicated...
Published Mar. 10, 2010
Ohioans should brace for another round of intense political fighting over the welfare of farm animals.
Published May. 12, 2010
American consumers buy eggs from cage housing systems by a margin of more than 40 to one over eggs from cage-free systems, according to data from Information Resources Inc. (IRI)...
Published Sep. 10, 2010
Due to the recent egg recall, you may be wondering if eggs are safe to eat....
Published May. 13, 2010
Spring has sprung and the 2010 class of wild ones is appearing on the Wisconsin landscape.
Published Mar. 10, 2010
Like many pet lovers, it’s hard for me to resist a fuzzy little kitten or puppy dog playing. I was the official kitten rescuer on our farm and saved the lives of several by bottle feeding them.
Published Sep. 10, 2010
World food production will need to double by the year 2050 in order to head off mass hunger, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Published Mar. 31, 2010
Facebook is a marvelous thing. On Friday I posted a note describing a Thursday night incident that an Ohio pork producer told me about.
Published Apr. 12, 2010
The 2007 Ag Census from the USDA indicated that there were 656,475 operations specializing in beef cattle ranching and farming...
Published Apr. 14, 2010
There is much discussion surrounding the use of antibiotics in food producing animals and the risk of resistance that may result. According to Dr. Scott Hurd of Iowa State University, the risk is very minimal...