Published May 19, 2007 11:33 pm - Cutting height impacts alfalfa harvest; FSA accepting emergency loan applications; New York milk production totals announced; Hay-making study results released; $2 million awarded to dairy farms Farm briefs: May 20, 2007 Cutting height impacts alfalfa harvest. Published May 19, 2007 11:33 pm - Cutting height impacts alfalfa harvest; FSA accepting emergency loan applications; New York milk production totals announced; Hay-making study results released; $2...

With nitrogen costing this much, how can producers maintain production without going in the red? Since the majority of our nitrogen fertilizer comes from petroleum products, the price of petroleum drives nitrogen fertilizer prices rather directly. We talk about how we are experiencing high fertilizer prices now and what challenges its going to have for the cow/calf producer, says Jason Cleere, Extension beef specialist. Experts from Extension and the Experiment Station one beef specialist,...

Food and Drug Administration team was in China to investigate how melamine, a chemical product, got into pet food, killing at least 16 pets in the United States and leading to a recall of more than 100 brands of pet food. China has pledged to act on food safety following the melamine breaches, and on Wednesday announced an industry clean-up that would see fertilisers, pesticides and additives in livestock feed inspected. At a regular Foreign Ministry briefing, spokeswoman Jiang Yu said...

I was blessed that my father gave me the opportunity, said Palmquist, 48, a fourth-generation farmer who produces corn, soybeans and livestock north of Salem, S. It is also a way to pay for better equipment to put up our feed for our own livestock. Wanting to give his sons the same opportunity he had, Mark, his wife, Deb, and the two boys are working on ways to expand their farming operation without necessarily increasing its acreage. When Mark decided that he wanted to farm full-time...

In a recent release by the Food and Drug Administration, "It has been determined that the contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from China and associated with the deaths of at least 16 dogs and cats and the recall of hundreds of dog and cat food brands, was mislabeled and was really wheat flour contaminated with melamine and melamine-related products. The pet food recall continues and grows. In a recent release by the Food and Drug Administration, "It has been...