NEW WILMINGTON, Feb. 8 — The auction sold 49 loads of hay, three loads of straw and two loads of ear corn.
Alfalfa, 210.-225.; mixed hay, 165.-240.; ear corn, 120.-125.
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Financing offered for bins, silos
Western Pennsylvania, in particular Butler and Beaver counties, used to be corn deficient. This means there was not enough produced to p...
Sheep, organic beef addressed
Looking for information on sheep production or natural and organic beef marketing?
Two programs will be offered at the Washington County Fai...
QUESTION: My children have allergies to mold. I want to make my house more airtight for better energy efficiency, but I heard this can exacerbate mold problems. What...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the Feb. 5 Mercer livestock auction.
CATTLE 178 —
Steers — Choice 1-3, 1360-1455 lbs., 88...
NEW WILMINGTON, Jan. 25 — The auction sold 35 loads of hay, nine loads of straw, four loads of ear corn and two loads of oats.
Mixed hay, 140.-170.; straw, 130.-170.; ea...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the Jan. 28 Eighty Four livestock auction.
CATTLE 192 — (Compared with last week's sale, bulls...
Dry hydrants are the nonpressurized equivalent of fire hydrants found in urban areas. Instead of drawing from municipal water systems, dry hydrants are permanently insta...
Cost analysis critical to farms
Most producers are concerned with the dramatic increase in production costs for 2008. Justifiably so, considering that some crop inputs ar...