Ohio animal welfare compromise: Smart move or sell-out?
Leadership of Ohio's major commodity and farm groups sat down at the negotiating table with the Humane Society of the United States. Why? Well, let's just say politics makes strange bedfellows.
Speak out for dairy industry and back H.R. 5288
Editor:The Dairy Price Stabilization Bill, H.R. 5288, in the House has a companion bill in the Senate that needs the same support.All Ohio dairy...
Be wary of backyard, designer dog breeding
Editor:According to an article by Dog Trainer Casey Lomonaco, breeders and rescuers should be equally considered when adopting dogs.Consider this alarming statistic. Every 6...
Not the standard for Ohio dairy farms
Editor:I am writing in regards to the video that was taken at the Ohio dairy farm. The video was disturbing and wrong in so...
We deserve truth in Conklin dairy farm animal cruelty case
The issue of how the video from Conklin Dairy Farms came to be produced and released is rather murky. Editor Susan Crowell has more questions than answers.
Ohio’s dog auctions should be banned
Editor:As an individual whose family members include farmers and breeders, it is my firm belief reporter Chris Kick has chosen to ignore the legitimate...
Local food important, but won’t solve nation’s nutrition disconnect
We can't push and prod and tout local foods without pushing nutrition education.
Emotion trumps science every time: Farmers need to ‘start with why’
When you start talking from your passion, and not your science, all of a sudden, farming becomes more relevant, more meaningful to everyone else, because they, too, want to protect the environment or care about animal welfare, and can do that by supporting you.
It’s not a levy, but sales tax vote impacts Extension, too
Editor:On May 4, 2010, voters will be asked to approve the 1 percent sales tax for Columbiana County. The outcome of this vote will...
Main Street banks want reform
Rare is the day when the U.S. Senate Ag Committee lands on the front page of the New York Times. That day, however, came...
