I must vote no on Issue 2
Editor:Voters will decide whether or not to amend Ohio's Constitution for the purpose of creating a 13-member Livestock Care Standards Board that will essentially...
Issue 2 is fine, but do we need another amendment?
Editor:
Issue 2 — What does it do? A lot of us really don’t know. Maybe no on really knows.
The hope is it will...
Here is what they aren’t saying about Issue 2
Editor:
I recently attended a meeting where a representative of the Farm Bureau made a 20-minute Power Point presentation arguing that without Issue 2, Ohio...
Animal agriculture education is the real issue
Editor:
There is no guaranteed seat for a production livestock producer. The board consists of 13 members: three family farmers, two veterinarians, one food safety...
Observations on riding out low dairy prices
Hello dairy farmers. It has been a long year for our dairy industry. As we inch closer to the December 2008 anniversary of when...
Lessons learned along life’s path
"There is a little man in that child who has already stood his ground with the stubborn calves in the barn and the pigs...
FSA Andy for Oct. 22, 2009
Hello, friends!October is always one of the most active months of the year around my house. Routines are being set for school, fall sports...
Don’t know much ’bout economics
In the transition from farm boy to student to journalist, I skated and stumbled through several academic departments at the Big U. For example,...
The “I don’t mean to be mean” girls
There is a point in life when you realize that you never do, in fact, outgrow high school. Worse, you never really get over...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 22, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
