Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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.

As November's election nears, U.S. presidential candidates are criss-crossing the country to woo rural America, particularly Ohio.

Short on farm labor? Just create a "working mixer" for singles, says Editor Susan Crowell. (Hey, it worked for a farmer in Idaho!)

The caller identified himself as a reporter with the Canton Repository. He was doing a story on two dairy farms that are taking part in a pilot program for onfarm manure treatment, kind of like a municipal sewage treatment plant.

National Cattlemen's Beef Association president-elect Gary Voogt (he takes office Jan. 24) made some good, salt-of-the-earth comments at last weekend's annual meeting of the...

Our challenge -- and the challenge of saving the American Way -- is for Business, Labor, Agriculture and Consumers to stop pointing fingers and work together for the common good.

As an appointee to the 106-member Cattlemen’s Beef Board, I often wonder if we are spending your beef checkoff dollars in the best interest of beef promotion.
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Regardless of how the U.S.-China trade war shakes out, for good or bad for U.S. agriculture, trade relationships won’t be the same. Existing markets will fade away. New ones will emerge. Time will tell how viable they are. In the long run though, it’s up to you and me, not nations, to find solutions.

Reader supports half percent sales tax in Columbiana County.

Editor;As an exotic animal owner/breeder, I take great pride in being able to own, raise and sell animals to other responsible animal owners. All...