What is really going on in these days of vast “over-supply?”
Editor:An article on a Web site, taken from USDA's Livestock, Dairy, Poultry Outlook Report, dated June 17, 2009, grabbed my attention when it stated...
(I hope) there’s an ag activist in all of us
The creation of an Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board will mean the implementation of standards governing livestock and poultry production. But I would rather have those standards created by a body that understands production livestock agriculture than an entity that would like to abolish animal agriculture.
USDA should be honest
Editor:I would like to comment on Alan Guebert's great article on NAIS in the June 18 Farm and Dairy. His lines, "flaws are as...
American taxpayers are subsidizing the rest of the world
Editor:These days, the subject one is most likely to hear on the evening news is the state of the economy. The U.S.A. is a...
Reader: Pa. Sunshine solar energy program not so bright
Editor:
In your May 28, 2009 article, “Sun is shining on those interested in solar energy,” it is claimed that Pennsylvania consumers could reduce “purchase...
Social media butterflies? Get over it
"Have you seen this?" The Twitter direct message from John Blue of Truffle Media asked. "Indiana Fair Oaks Farm video." And it gave the...
Counterproductive to include agricultural operations
Editor:I would like to comment on Al Cross' article about USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's push to add carbon credits for agriculture to the proposed...
Ag awareness: Let’s play small ball
As farmers and farm leaders struggle to figure out strategies to educate a growing farm-illiterate consumer population, maybe they should try small ball -- methodically undertake individual efforts and be opportunistic, rather than swing for the fences.
There is no “bait and switch” in food industry
Editor:I feel mildly abused and somewhat insulted by Ms. Seabolt's column of May 21, 2009. Having worked in the food industry most of my...
Reader welcomes HSUS to Ohio with open arms
Editor:As a Farm Bureau member, the victim of one of the six Park Farms broiler grow-out operations now unable to sell my home for...
