Editor:
In these times of plunging milk prices, it must be remembered that traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who are driving down milk prices to dairy farmers nationwide are real people with real names and real motivations. There is more involved here than just the economy.
This reminds me of a quote by Kenneth E. […]
Editor:
In the Jan. 8 Farm and Dairy Letters to the Editor, Mr. McKarns recapped part of the 90th annual Farm Bureau meeting of 2008.
He noted the proposal to encourage all livestock producers to register their premises in the NAIS database was voted down.
I for one have to cheer the wisdom of the Farm […]
Editor:
Your article on the ethanol blending barrier (Blending wall hinders ethanol industry growth, Jan. 8, 2009) was misleading on two counts.
It is true that the federal government has established a 10 percent blending limit. However, Minnesota has passed a 20 percent blending rule and is applying for a federal waiver. The article also leads […]
Editor:
On Jan. 20, Inauguration Day will go down as a milestone in history. We will put into office our 44th President, Barack Obama, as our first elected African-American in the 2008 electoral landslide.
Can you imagine the elation Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King would have expressed had they been here to witness this […]
Why is Ohio so afraid of a premise identification program?
Editor:
No doubt if you watch television, this holiday season you have seen the commercial for abandoned shelter animals featuring Sarah McLaughlin on behalf of the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The message is heartwrenching and compelling.
Certainly, the ASPCA is a worthy cause and their efforts in the […]
Editor:
On the way back from the mailbox to retrieve the newspaper, I was struck by what seemed like the 30th bad news headline in a row: “A Fight for Survival. Some Shoppers Go Without. Financial Genius on Verge of Disaster.”
It was the last straw. It’s time someone heard some good news!
The local food […]
Editor:
I have never written or responded to a letter to the editor of any publication. However, I felt compelled to do so upon reading Dr. Smith’s letter (http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/deer-season-not-dog-season/10685.html) printed in the Dec. 18, 2008, edition of Farm and Dairy.
I felt many emotions when I read his letter. First, I was deeply saddened for his […]
Editor:
I would like to point out several inaccuracies and distortions in the recent press release from the Infectious Diseases Society of America that was reported in last week’s issue of Farm and Dairy.
To support its claim that unpasteurized milk “poses serious health risks without benefits,” the Infectious Diseases Society reported the average rate of […]
Editor:
Lyle, our 2-1/2 year old black Lab, was shot and killed by a deer hunter on our farm the second day of gun season, Dec. 2, between 5-5:10 p.m. when all hunting should have ceased because it was after sunset.
Lyle’s friendly and inquisitive nature made him a much loved member of our family. He […]
