Maybe it should come as no surprise that Oakhurst Dairy has continued to thrive amid a recession. After all, this is a company that survived the Great Depression. The Portland, Maine, company got its start in the early 1920s making deliveries with two horse-drawn milk wagons. Today the company delivers its products with a fleet of biofuel-powered trucks. It’s one of many changes that have occurred at the dairy processing company that is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Ozark Empire Fair (OEF) Hay Show. The entry deadline is July 10 and entry forms are available online or at the nearest University of Missouri Extension center.

Eligible hay must be raised in Missouri and harvested in 2012. Both small, rectangular and large, round packages are eligible to enter. 

The dry conditions in March and April have given way to extremely wet areas in some parts of Minnesota. Since alfalfa stands got an early start this year there were a few concerns popping up early in the southeastern part of the state on areas of fields yellowing. While there may have been some effects due to the cool weather in April a couple of nutrients could be of concern.

Valent U.S.A. Corporation announced that RyzUp SmartGrass Plant Growth Regulator has been registered by the EPA for use on corn grown for silage.

RyzUp SmartGrass accelerates plant growth early in the growing season, resulting in more dry matter production and increased silage yield at harvest.

Animal scientist Temple Grandin likes to have all the facts at hand before she speaks up. Having taken some time to study the controversy over lean, finely-trimmed beef, she recently spoke with The Washington Post in support of LFTB. Grandin told the Post, "It should be on the market. It should be labeled. We should not be throwing away that much beef.”