Apparently, all the talk about the Obama Administration being “post-racial” doesn’t apply to the Department of Agriculture. As reported by Beef Today, nominees to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board have not been approved by the Secretary of Agriculture at this point, though they would normally expect to be seated Saturday at the Board’s meeting […]
Hearts around the world ache for the people of Haiti as they continue, literally and figuratively, digging out of the rubble from the major earthquake there earlier this month. In addition to the still escalating death toll, consider the ongoing disruption of life for the survivors: not being able to go to work, go to […]
I’m spending the week in Miami, Florida covering the first annual Bayer Crop Science Pan-American Weed Resistance Conference. Among a handful of U.S. agricultural journalists here, I’m looking forward to a few days of intense discussions on the growing global issue of weed resistance. Ohio is certainly not alone in dealing with issues of weeds […]
Lindsay and I spent the week in Seattle with members of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation for the 91st annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau. While members were recognized for their achievements in the organization, most notably with Ohio receiving the Pinnacle Award from AFBF for the second year in a row, the cornerstone […]
For the most part, the combines are cleaned up and in the back of the machinery sheds across the Corn Belt. While scattered pockets of corn still standing are out there, the elongated harvest of 2009 is in the books. Meanwhile, winter has firmly arrived, meaning planters won’t be rolling for four or five more […]
