Advice for life: Listen to your coach
Dear Jon,Coach T. was right: Every game, every football season, has peaks and valleys. You heard it in the locker room every Friday night...
The hidden cost of animal ID enrollment
Editor:I recently analyzed a USDA spreadsheet for National Animal Identification System (NAIS) bribes — sanitized as cooperative agreements. These are the funds received by...
We need a cure for U.S. health care
On May 11, President Barack Obama declared, "I will not rest until the dream of health care reform is achieved in the United States...
Explaining H1N1 virus origin is difficult, protecting you and livestock is not
I'm sure we have not heard the last of the H1N1 virus or related gene reassortments. But it's not the time to panic. It's the time to use your head and common sense.
HSUS: Fools, and Limbaugh, rush in
He calls himself "America's No. 1 Truth Detector," but conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh must not have researched the Humane Society of...
Article endorsement for Jerseys
Editor:
I found the article from Normand St-Pierre about feeding for pounds of fat and protein to be quite interesting, and his closing comments in...
Soldier credits 4-H for building leadership skills
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My days in 4-H seem so long ago, yet they are with me every day. At the time, my 4-H projects were activities I...
Keep 4-H in Morrow County
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I couldn’t believe it when I was told by my mom that Morrow County was in serious jeopardy of losing its 4-H program. I...
Our values have consequences
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In his book titled The Great Awakening, Jim Wallis relates the importance of integrity and accountability in doing what’s right and proper in finding...
If we can hang on, ag outlook is solid because we ‘build things’
I love the 1990 fairy tale movie Pretty Woman that stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts (although I admit a prostitute is not standard...
