HSUS brings message to 4-H’ers
I dislike the calculating move by HSUS to target 4-H youth with its subtle anti-animal agriculture message.
Reader: Euthanizing 250,000 chickens IS a big deal
Editor:The same press release was published in my local paper about the Ohio Fresh Eggs fire that you published in your April 1, 2010,...
Entitlement is not a dirty word
Editor: According to Maureen Martin, "no" is what every American should say to federal government entitlements. In the March 18 Farm and Dairy, Martin...
Hazard A Guess: Week of April 1, 2010
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
The building blocks of our youth
The first sunny day of spring on the farm always found us kids fighting over the pedal tractors, remembering that some were old reliable...
Can we help the next generation of farmers?
We could all name names.Good farms that have no one waiting in the wings to take over the business. Farmers whose sons and daughters...
Dairymen, don’t shoot to be ‘just average,’ even by DHI standings
It is always important to monitor the yield of milk and the composition of milk, especially for the individual farmer, because the income of...
Cowboy checkoff fight grows: Ag groups blast NCBA effort
Of all the political hot rocks farm groups are juggling now in Washington, D.C. -- cap-and-trade, cuts in crop insurance, shrinking farm program budgets...
Spring miracles arrive as winter ends
No matter how many Easters, each with The Promise, no matter how many springs, each with its moment-to-moment magic, one never fails to be...
Packin’ it in
If I should ever have to evacuate in one of those horrible "you have 10 minutes to take anything of value and get out"...
