Thanks for support
A 4-H exhibitor thanks the buyers of her steer who showed such kindness and generosity at a past Canfield Fair.
Red Cross says thanks
Patricia Lang of Holmes County Red Cross writes to thank those who contributed to the chapter's annual auction.
Government intervention gets failing grade
A reader comments on the Bush education policy that threatens new orgies of spending, legislating, centralizing, and reforming.
We are short on common sense
Reader disputes role of legislation and regulation in effective accidental injury reduction.
Horseman’s Council towpath ride big success
Bill Baker of the Stark County Horseman's Council thanks everyone who helped make the annual Ohio & Erie Towpath Trail ride a success.
DDT desperately needed
In areas where malaria was once nearly eradicated, it has returned. An Ohio letter writer makes a case for giving those nations DDT to fight mosquitoes.
FCS plan offers more choices
The president and chief executive officer for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America writes to refute an Alan Guebert column.
Farmer shares dairy mission statement
James Comp of Dorset explains the guidelines under which he operates his dairy farm.
Pork producer supports checkoff
A local pork producer take the opportunity to share a few facts about the recent settlement agreement reached between the USDA and the National Pork Producers Council.
Politics, not producers, steering agriculture
A reader stresses that agriculture is no longer a profession of farmers. It is a government institution fraught with bureaucrats, lobbyists and all the mud and muck of politics.