Stories by Susan Crowell

Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell has been with the paper since 1985, serving as its editor since 1989. Raised on a farm in Holmes County, she is a graduate of Kent State University. You can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/scrowell and follow Farm and Dairy at http://twitter.com/farmanddairy.

Where do these people come from?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Susan Crowell

I’m not a Scrooge, really, I’m not. So I can’t blame it on the upcoming holiday season. Maybe it’s just because I’m getting old(er). Or maybe I just need more chocolate. But for whatever the reason, I seem to be getting less tolerant of some of the news that crosses my desk.
For example, there is […]

HSUS trash talk? Bring it on!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 by Susan Crowell

We need to get ready for the coming HSUS battle. Their war chest is deep and their p.r. machine is slick. Issue 2 was a cake walk compared to what’s coming.

The law of averages and cheap food

Friday, November 6, 2009 by Susan Crowell

Our most basic need is food — we can’t alive without it — and we want to spend less money to buy it.

Sustainability + farm productivity = future

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by Susan Crowell

When it comes to farming, why don’t we see more sentences with the words “sustainable” and “productivity” in them? They are the only things that will keep food on all our tables.

Redding: ‘Don’t waste a good crisis’

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Susan Crowell

If dairy farmers want to complain about the current low milk prices, they’d better be willing to offer a solution along with the complaints, or the situation will never change.

Global energy policy like cheap food?

Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Susan Crowell

Economists like the markets to fix the world’s ills, so maybe that’s why so many of them back the cap-and-trade solution to greenhouse gas reduction. After all, why not use market signals to motivate action?
I’m a free trader at heart and supporter of the market economy, but I’m not convinced cap and trade will be […]

Farmers, are you asking the right questions?

Thursday, September 24, 2009 by Susan Crowell

You are not alone. Whether or not you realize it, you have a team — your vet, your lender, your extension educator, your nutritionist, your friends, and even another farmer you respect. Ask them the right questions and challenge them to ask you good ones in return.

First glimpse of the 2009 Farm Science Review

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 by Susan Crowell

Lots to see at the 2009 Farm Science Review, including this whopper Ag-Bag X114 silage bagger that can fill a 500-foot bag in less than four hours. The Review, which continues through Thursday, Sept. 24, is held at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio.

Farm Science Review helps farmers plan for tomorrow

Friday, September 18, 2009 by Susan Crowell

This year’s Farm Science Review runs Sept. 22-24 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio.

Broadband access: We have to bridge the digital divide

Thursday, September 17, 2009 by Susan Crowell

If we dropped Congress in the middle of a no-access zone, how quickly do you think we’d have broadband Internet access nationwide?