Livestock
Distiller’s grain safe for pigs, even with sulfur content
University of Illinois research reports that swine producers can feed distiller’s dried grain with solubles (DDGS) to their pigs without concern for sulfur content. “When you buy DDGS, you don’t have to be concerned about the level of sulfur it contains because there doesn’t appear to be any impact on pig performance,” said U of [...]
Groups want comprehensive U.S.-EU FTA
An ad hoc coalition of 40 food and agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council in a letter sent today to the Obama administration and Congress expressed concern that a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union might fall short of long-established U.S. objectives for trade pacts. “Some [...]
Ohio Livestock Care Board Meets; Goeglin named new director
The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board held their first meeting since November. It was also the first meeting under new Ohio Director of Agriculture, David Daniels. The board spent time reviewing the standards they set last summer. “We went through all the areas and suggested a few small changes, primarily in the euthanasia area,” Jeff [...]
Free lecture series for shepherds
The Spicy Lamb Farm, a Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) farm dedicated to educating the public on the critical need for local sustainable farming and environmental stewardship, is proud to announce a free spring lecture series. These lectures will take place on Wednesday nights from April 25th to May 23rd at 7pm. Seating is limited [...]
USDA gives assistance to Ohio for phosphorus prevention
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $2 million in financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help farmers in designated parts of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana prevent phosphorus from entering Western Lake Erie Basin waterways. The announcement is part of an effort to improve water quality and support jobs in the region that are [...]
Beef Expo celebrates 25 years
The Ohio Beef Expo held a ceremony recognizing its 25th anniversary in Cooper Arena on the Ohio Expo Center grounds. Ohio Department of Agriculture Director David T. Daniels, Ohio Expo Center General Manager Virgil Strickler, Ohio Beef Expo Chairman and OCA President Sam Sutherly, Ohio Beef Expo Vice Chairman Bill Sexton, first Ohio Beef Expo Chairman Jim Rentz [...]
Ohio agencies announce water quality measures
The Directors’ Agricultural Nutrients and Water Quality Working Group spent months compiling their extensive findings on how agriculture is contributing to water quality problems and how this can be controlled. The group was assembled to aggregate all of the available information on the problem, organize it and present it to the directors of the Ohio [...]
NCBA Pushes for Beef Checkoff Reform
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today, March 14, 2012, submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service proposed rule pertaining to the Beef Checkoff Program. The proposed rule would expand contracting authority by eliminating the requirement that only allows organizations active and ongoing since 1985 to contract with the checkoff. [...]
Meat exports holding strong
U.S. red meat exports have a tough act to follow after a record-setting year in 2011, but the early indications for 2012 are good. January pork exports jumped 28% in volume and 43% in value while beef exports were even in volume but rose 14% in value, according to statistics released by the USDA and [...]
Do homework before buying a bull
Beef producers who want to purchase bulls or semen for their spring breeding herds should be doing their homework now, says a Purdue Extension beef specialist. Cow-calf producers can take advantage of high market prices by selecting healthy bulls that will produce calves with more growth potential. “If we can buy bulls that will produce [...]
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