In another Trump trade war, farmers could lose billions in export …
Dec 16, 2024 · Even now, the share of China's soybean imports from the U.S. — the top American export to China — has dropped to 18% from 40% in 2016, Reuters reported in November. With Trump threatening more trade sanctions, …
Thousands of Ohio chickens tested positive for bird flu. What to …
Jan 3, 2025 · Nearly a million chickens tested positive for bird flu at an Ohio farm, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture in December. And officials are assuming reports of dead Canada geese, trumpeter swans, and a mallard duck across 11 Ohio counties, including Warren, means that bird flu has reached wild bird populations as well.
Focus on Ag: Farm assistance package passed by Congress
Jan 8, 2025 · Farm Disaster Assistance for 2023 and 2024 . The CR legislation included $21 billion in disaster assistance for 2023 and 2024 agricultural losses from natural disasters, such as drought, hurricanes, severe storms, flooding, wildfires, excessive rainfall, etc. Farmers and ranchers in many portions of the U.S. may qualify for the disaster payments for one or both years, including the Upper ...
Muskingum County auditor explains property revaluation process
Sep 26, 2024 · Supporting evidence will be necessary to file a complaint, including sale comparisons, recent (within the past year) independent fee appraisals, estimates of costs to repair deficiencies in your property, recent sale documentation (within the past year), income and expense statements, or photos.
The Corn Crib Restaurant opens in New Castle
Oct 29, 2024 · Breakfast includes staples like eggs, pancakes, French toast, Belgian waffles, omelets and biscuits with gravy. Specialty items include Ricky Bobby's Breakfast Burrito, named for Will Ferrell's character in "Talladega Nights," and Brodie's Spud - a baked potato smashed and grilled with sausage gravy, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and …
UP recorded first snowfall of season; UP could see snow soon
Nov 11, 2024 · Has it snowed yet in Michigan in 2024? Michigan already saw its first measurable snowfall of 2024 in the Upper Peninsula in October. The 0.1 inches of snow was recorded in the Michigamme area, 40 miles west of Marquette, on Oct. 15, according to the NWS.
John Deere recalls compact utility tractors, stop use immediately
Oct 1, 2024 · John Deere's recall comes after the Moline, Illinois-based company received four reports of the brake linkage failing. One person was hospitalized and two people suffered impact injuries, John Deere said in a news release.Minor property damage has also been reported.
Beef prices have soared to record highs, will impact dairy industry …
Nov 11, 2024 · Butter and cheese stocks fell in September. The USDA’s latest Cold Storage report had Sept. 30 butter holdings at just under 303 million pounds, down 21.4 million or 6.6% from the August count, which was revised up 1.1 million pounds, but they were up 36.4 million pounds or 13.6% from Sept. 2023.
Bird flu, weather woes and falling prices dampen farmers' …
Dec 27, 2024 · JULY. Researchers discover that the bird flu virus can live in milking equipment up to nearly an hour. Moderna is set to receive $176 million in federal funding to develop a human vaccine against bird flu following outbreaks of the virus in dairy cows across several states, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
Vilsack defends USDA investment in now-bankrupt Pure Prairie …
Nov 5, 2024 · U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended his agency’s $46 million investment in an Iowa chicken processing plant that shut down in bankruptcy, leaving the state in custody of 1.3 million chickens it later destroyed when it found itself unable to sell them to other processors. Vilsack, a former Iowa governor, said Thursday in a news conference that the $38.7 million loan guarantee and ...