Livestock
NPPC urges resolution of issues related to U.S.-South Korea FTA
The National Pork Producers Council expressed disappointment that a final deal has not been reached between the United States and South Korea on issues related to trade in beef and automobiles. An agreement would have paved the way for the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement to be completed. The two sides had hoped to resolve [...]
Ohio team wins Dairy Quiz Bowl at NAILE
NAILE dairyquiz Young people who have set their sights on a career in the dairy business, or in some other aspect of agriculture, turned out in big numbers to compete at the 2010 Dairy Quiz Bowl in Louisville. The Invitational 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl took place Nov. 5-6 at the North American International Livestock Exposition [...]
ATI gets a new milking parlor to further an old work ethic
By Kyle Sharp For years, I’ve heard about Ohio State University’s Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in Wooster. I’ve driven past the teaching and residential campus while visiting the neighboring Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. I’ve known students who have gone there. I even wrote several stories about faculty and programs taking place there when [...]
Staugler family has long, continuing legacy in Ohio poultry
If you ever work with Cooper Farms, a large integrated turkey operation in northwest Ohio that also is involved in egg and pork production, there’s a good chance you will run into a member of the Staugler family. Tom Staugler is the manager at Cooper’s Fort Recovery feed mill, Chuck Staugler is in charge of [...]
Livestock Care Board November 2nd Meeting Recap
Livestock Care Board Director Mike Bailey recaps the boards November 2nd meeting
American Goat Federation completes incorporation
The American Goat Federation (AGF), the first-ever national organization devoted to the entire goat industry, proudly announces its incorporation. The purpose of the AGF will be to build and define the U.S. goat industry on a unified front to work on issues facing the whole industry. “The AGF will strive to promote and facilitate the [...]
Study finds GISPSA to be costly regulation
An economic impact study conducted by John Dunham and Associates, Inc. concludes that the Obama Administration’s proposed rule on livestock marketing could leave approximately 104,000 additional Americans without jobs. Consequently, the study reports a $14 billion reduction in the National Gross Domestic Product. “The estimated rate of producer job loss in rural America would be [...]
Animal Welfare Symposium
An animal welfare symposium is scheduled for November 30, 2010 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center located at 2201 Fred Taylor Drive on the OSU Campus. The symposium has a great line up of speakers, including Temple Grandin as the keynote speaker and is co-hosted by The Ohio State University Department of [...]
Livestock Care Board Passes Civil Penalty Rule
Director Boggs recaps the October 19th meeting where they passed the civil penalty rule and discussed veal and non-ambulatory animals Ohio (Oct. 19, 2010) – The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board today passed a vote on proposed civil penalty rules that will be used to enforce newly created livestock care standards. Proposed civil penalty rules [...]
High prices coming for cattle
The cattle industry is ready to set records for high prices this year and next, said Purdue University Extension economist Chris Hurt. “Although this is positive news for finished cattle prices, calves and feeder cattle still face the price-depressing burden of high feed costs. In the longer run, current high feed prices will keep the [...]
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