If the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is approved by Congress, what affect will it have on Ohio farmers? Now first, let’s be clear about this. I have no idea if this legislation is ever going to be approved by the Senate and House. So any impact it might or might not have on the farmers […]
By GARY BROCK gbrock@civitasmedia.com Ohio’s farmers are frustrated. Not only do they have to face — every day — the “normal” challenges of being farmers, they must also face wave after wave of changes, regulations, new paperwork and new expenses coming from Columbus and Washington. While I have no doubt that some of these new regulations […]
By Gary Brock gbrock@civitasmedia.com No one is really sure how much Ohio corn, wheat, soybeans, dairy and meat products end up in China. But it is a safe bet that more will go there this year than went there in 2012. And more Ohio farm products will go to China in 2014 than this year. Every year, the […]
By Gary Brock It may seem like a broken record, but once again Ohio farmers seem to be under the gun of state and federal regulators who see the “business of farming” as needing additional controls and mandates. First, I will not suggest that some, or even many, of these recommendations and changes are not warranted […]
By GARY BROCK gbrock@recordherald.com How much is your farm land worth? The answer to that question is usually pretty easy. A farmer can call his County Auditor’s Office and get the latest appraised value of his land, and he can also contact a local realtor to determine his land’s market value, or sale price. A farmer can […]
By GARY BROCK gbrock@recordherald.com With just a few weeks to go before the end of the year, Ohio’s farmers can breathe a sign of relief that 2012 will soon be over and their attention can turn to 2013. In fairness to 2012, most farmers are now saying that, while the extended drought this past summer was bad, […]
By GARY BROCK gbrock@recordherald.com “So,” people who don’t know what the life of a farmer is really like may ask, “what do farmers do during the winter between fall harvest and spring planting? Long vacation? Winter job? Catch up on TV?” The truth, of course, is that the life of a farmer doesn’t end after harvest and […]
Today, American farmers feed not only American consumers, but the hungry people of the world. Will we be able to say that in 50 years? That was the question on the minds of many people at the 50th annual Farm Science Review near London in mid-September. Today, the world is six billion people. There may be nine […]