The Land :: www.TheLandOnline.com Columns 2012-02-05T07:12:12-06:00 urn:uuid:98af51f0-070a-4c2f-9d45-bd03e44b9527 The Pork Professor: Effects of DDGS on growth performance, carcass traits urn:uuid:97b00338-8056-42a8-8a7d-54c32f42db7e 2007-01-05T13:17:00-06:00 Many pork producers are considering alternative options to replace some of the corn in their rations, and an ingredient that has come up more than any other is distiller’s dried grains with solubles. The Outdoors: Great ice conditions good news for winter anglers urn:uuid:8b5aa8cb-5f64-4587-8806-1be4b3b62dd3 2007-01-05T11:50:00-06:00 This year, area lakes iced over on calm, cold, snowless nights and ice on area lakes is glass-smooth and clear. Farm and Food File: Ethanol’s long tail to wag U.S. agriculture’s dog in 2007 urn:uuid:301b7dbb-0440-4cb2-bbbb-ed1c374b85d8 2007-01-05T11:45:00-06:00 In 2006, ethanol was the strong tail wagging the farm dog. In 2007, ethanol will be the big, well-muscled dog whose price-pumping tail will stir every farm market and nearly every public policy debate. <br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> Farm and Food File: Reviewing, deleting the 2006 inbox urn:uuid:6ad8f6f3-2cac-438e-8e5c-4af9111edfab 2007-01-05T11:44:00-06:00 Year-end requires the hundreds of computer-crippling, saved e-mails be strained, separated, saved or spiked. The electronic salt mine, however, holds hard evidence that 2006 was a do-little year on key farm and food issues. The Yield: To fall in love once is a gift; to fall twice is a miracle urn:uuid:8534163e-db21-42db-b90c-8460d82707a9 2007-01-05T11:42:00-06:00 I remembered the card he had made and sent to me. “To fall in love once is a gift, To fall twice is a miracle. Susan, You are that miracle.” Ace of Spades: A few good raspberry varieties to plant in the spring urn:uuid:5a21d111-a261-478b-a469-6a7915fb85ba 2006-01-04T12:16:00-06:00 Never too early to start thinking about the garden.