Letter: Independent cattlemen finally represented at checkoff hearing
Dave Hyde recounts his trip to the Ohio Department of Agriculture to deliver testimony on why the Ohio Beef Marketing plan needed to be eliminated.
For sale to the highest campaign contributors: West Virginia private property rights
The West Virginia Senate and House leadership is offering citizen's property rights for sale to the natural gas industry.
Water… More valuable than gold
Editor:
The old saw “To a thirsty man, water is more valuable than gold” has never been more true than it is today. As a...
Remembering the good times with the Hawk family
A Farm and Dairy reader recalls growing up with the Hawk family, who was featured last week for returning Jim Hawk to their family home to lay him to rest.
Letter: Farmers, think twice before putting all your eggs in one basket
The farming landscape is always evolving. One reader shares his thoughts on these changes and offers insight on making it to the next generation.
Letter: Ethanol has helped reverse corn market surplus
The outlook for row crop agriculture is not pretty, but imagine how much worse things would be if farmers hadn’t had the vision 25 years ago to build the ethanol industry, says renewable fuel proponent.
Reader: The health benefits of milk have been misrepresented for a long time
Retired dairy farmer, Jim Crawford, wrote in to share his thoughts on the misrepresentation of milk's nutritional benefits over the years.
People today do not need to live in fear of pesticides
Editor: I am currently a student at Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and I wanted to shed light on a...
Letter: Not accurate to define all rural people as privileged
In a recent letter to the editor, a reader shares her thoughts on Farm and Dairy reporter Rachel Wagoner's column 'On privilege.'
Reader: Options are available for preserving farms
A Farm and Dairy reader provides information to preserve Butternut Farm, in North Eaton that has been put up for auction.
