Editor:
I have been farming in southwest Ashtabula County for more than 50 years. About 14 years ago, a fellow farmer and friend, Bob Cotterman, stopped by and told me about a farm organization that focused primarily on family farmers and consumers. This organization gives a nonpartisan, grassroots voice to our local, state, and national policy […]

Editor:
Ron Hunter’s opinion, in Doha deals with agriculture in the July 31 issue of Farm and Dairy, is a glowing example of drawing improper conclusions from accurate data.

Placing the blame for failure of the talks on developing countries like India and China and suggesting they need to stop speaking from a subordinate position and assume […]

Editor:

Thank you for sharing Mr. Dickinson’s, Animal ID enforcement — the fourth component, letter with your readers.

Mr. Dickinson makes many excellent points about the National Animal Identification System. The National Animal Identification System is a work in progress and none of us know what the cost of this will be, especially in terms of […]

Editor:
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) has been alleged as a three component program, however a fourth component facade is starting to reveal itself.
The first step of NAIS is premises enrollment; next, animal identification; then coast-to-coast, 48 hour animal tracing.
USDA’s undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, Bruce I. Knight, has promised the NAIS […]

Editor:
On a day when we celebrate the founding of our democracy, it is sad that Farm Bureau still is trying to prevent us from the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. While the EPA has not always lived up to their responsibility — if they had, I would not have 10 poultry buildings 500 feet west […]

Editor:

The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has purposely mislead more than 2 million citizens within the district to believe it still maintains a role in flood reduction to justify its unlawful attempt to levy a property tax assessment.

The district’s current goal — to collect more than $10.5 million each year — will be achieved by […]

Editor:

Now that summer has arrived, many horse owners are preparing to buy and install box fans in their barns. Before they buy a box fan, though, they must make absolutely sure it’s designed for agricultural use.

The motor must be sealed to prevent dirt and dust from getting into the motor housing and starting a fire. […]

JBS plan to purchase two major packers and to vertically integrate the feeding sector will give JBS an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control cash cattle prices.

Editor:
Your unsigned article ( Electoral College: Outdated or necessary evil?, March 20, 2008) on the Electoral College considered only two possibilities: Either it is outdated or it is an evil.
Is that bias or is it BIAS? If, as your Farm and Dairy article seems to imply, the Electoral College should be abolished, the Senate also […]

Editor:
I do not believe the Geauga County Fair Board handled the steer situation in their county in a wise manner.
Before this situation in this and another Ohio county, I thought the rules were made and enforced by the Ohio Department of Agriculture since the state fair steer scandal.
When I was a 4-H adviser several years […]