Bush and Kerry come a-courtin’
As November's election nears, U.S. presidential candidates are criss-crossing the country to woo rural America, particularly Ohio.
Working farms are getting squeezed
In June, a statewide task force in Minnesota released its Animal Agriculture Industry Report. It's 60 pages, but it's good reading.
Outsourcing the dairy industry
Reader says the Australia Free Trade Agreement might be a boon for different sectors of the economy, but agriculture, dairy and beef, in particular, will absorb the brunt of this deal.
Presidential nicknames, then and now
Whatever happened to Honest Abe, a reader wonders.
Farmers need to take a stand together
Fee on patented seed technology punishes farmers.
Bush-whacked
Reader is only hearing excuses from the White House.
Milk producers need to speak out to protect income
Reader challenges other dairyment to do their part in stopping milk pooling and depooling.
The evil that was visible to all
G. Russell Evans says Bush was not seeking to destroy an evil he did not see, but an evil that was visible to all.
Thanks for keeping trash in landfills, not ditches
Gone are the days when simply running the township or county dump accounted for local trash disposal policy.
Lost nutrition for want of an outlet
Reader frustrated at school board's antics.
