Saturday, March 15, 2025

China is a Calculating Giant, assessing its options, positioning itself for continued dominance -- particularly on the world food scene.

No More Food Fights: We have to make time to come together around the food plate, to have a conversation — a human connection — that doesn’t end in a food fight.

What is it you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving? Family and friends, or saving a buck? Resist shopping on Thanksgiving.
Duane Miller

Rebecca Miller reflects on the legacy of her dad, Duane Miller. He died Sept. 5, 2022.

Agriculture is still a man’s world. But we want to show that it’s also a woman’s world. It's OK to farm like a girl.
field at sunset

Farming is not for everyone, but it can be rewarding. If we reorient our perspective, it wouldn’t be so daunting for others to follow in our footsteps.

Does it matter to farmers who wins in November? We'd know more if we knew where they stood on the farm issues.

A ballot win for Prop. 2 in California would have ripples in other egg-producing states, and certainly in Ohio, which ranks No. 2 in the country in egg production.

The wind died down around 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29. In that lull, Mississippi dairyman Bucky Jones scrambled out to the barn to milk his 80 Holsteins.

Agriculture drives a huge chunk of the economy in both Ohio and Pennsylvania. And that's not hyperbole, it's fact.