Monthly Archives: October 2001
Ebony Muck the series now hatched from talk of local history
Muck II, "The Muck: Altman, Hartville, and Marlboro - The Celery Road" will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Marlboro Elementary School on Route 619.
Bt corn gets green light for seven more years
Following a nearly two-year long review process, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved corn genetically modified with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for an additional seven years.
Bred heifer tops Harvest Hills sale
Windemere Lotto Wade, consigned by Farmore Farms, Burton, Ohio, sold for $3,150 to Hartline Valley Farms, Marietta.
Antique tool collection focus of sale
Planes and levels creating the most interest at the Hazen Auction service Oct. 13 sale of the Ralph Platt estate.
Russia lifts nine-day ban on U.S. meat imports
USDA Foreign Agriculture Service officials were successful in dispelling Russian fears of of anthrax transmission from meat products from Florida, and U.S. producers breath easier.
Our greatest risk is our own panic
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on risk and the fact that we are a nation that jumps to conclusions and is prone to panic. Not everyone, she says, needs to rush out and buy gas masks and take antibiotics without evidence of a threat.
Vandalism against farmers deserves justice
The Mahoning County Farm Bureau.organization director writes about the attack on the Moff family dairy herd and the need to make sure such animal cruelty is not tolerated.
U.S. EPA still controls CAFO regs
Reader writes to emphasize that Despite all the hype from the state agriculture department on its new large animal facility permitting process, the U.S. EPA is still very much in charge of the waters of Ohio and the CAFOs impacting them.
Resolutions proposed for a solution
A Waterford, Ohio, reader presents four resolutions/solutions to allow the United States to move forward with realistic resolution and a straight-forward solution to the devastation of terrorism.
Dairy Excel: Many farm estate concerns remain
Jim Polson, northeastern Ohio farm management specialist with OSU Extension, urges farm families to move forward in planning for their estate.
