Feed price index jump underpins farming cost squeeze
The USDA feed price index rose 14 percent in the month ending June 15, showing prices 69 percent higher than a year earlier and signaling higher production costs for meat poultry and dairy. The dairy milk fed ratio fell to 1.21, the lowest in a decade, while farm product prices rose six percent, intensifying producer pressure amid price freezes.
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Walleye Madness Returns to Lake Erie Coast
Wirephoto report by Jim Daubel notes early good catches around Niagara Crib and Toussaint reefs off Ottawa County west of Port Clinton. Guides already booked. sport fishing hinges on 18 inch to 3 pound walleyes from the 1970 class as regulations restored populations since the 1950s boom.
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