Court: Manure is not a pollutant
Wisconsin court: "Manure in the hands of a dairy farmer is not a ‘waste’ product; it is a natural fertilizer.”
What we need are teachers, not statistics
Editor:
(Response to Five Innovations that Will Change Our Lives, Jan. 9 edition.)
I respond specifically to the section: “The classroom will learn you.”
“In the next...
Pa. Farm Show ‘Today’s Agriculture’ exhibit exposes what really happens on farms today
The words under the Today's Agriculture logo are sage: "Opening the Doors: Farming, Knowledge, Trust." Being transparent about what goes on in our barns goes a long way to earning consumers' trust.
The Countryman’s Year: Old diary rekindles simple gratitude
Finding words of wisdom in a 1936 journal: "Blessed is the man who can enjoy the small things, the common beauties: the little day-by-day events, sunshine on the fields... So many people who go afield for enjoyment leave it behind them at home.” --David Grayson (pen name for Ray Stannard Baker).
Know which humane society you are supporting
Editor:
In my role as president and an active volunteer of The Humane Society of Columbiana County, I recently participated in the Leetonia Sportsman Club...
You might not want to regift these
Regifting? There are some things that you've received or used on the farm that are probably better left in the shed.
Regulations are smothering U.S. farmers
The near total control by government of the fruit and vegetable production, with its compliance, fines and implied liability, is the reason why small farm operations are being bankrupted.
EPA needs science integrity, yes, but…
The new EPA scientific integrity czar has spent a lifetime espousing the separation of politics and science-based policy. And she’s coming into an agency with what some would argue a predisposition for regulatory overreach and a politicization of the regulatory process.
Veterans are heroes
Editor:
I was troubled by the guest commentary of professor Arnold Oliver. (When I was in Vietnam, I was no hero; Nov. 14, 2013). What...
LETTER: Dairy exports a bright spot for milk producers
One out of every seven loads of milk is exported — that is one day every week that the total U.S. milk production is exported.
