USDA expands mad cow checks
An enhanced program could detect BSE even if there were only five positive animals in the entire country.
Young slugs have hearty appetite
Sampling fields in early spring is the key to any kind of slug management program.
Return of morality will heal our country
We attack Mel Gibson, but continue to support abortion, this reader observes.
Western Pa. environmental farm program launched
The USDA launched a $146 million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in western Pennsylvania.
Columnist perpetuates family lore, but it’s just a myth
Family trees are often filled with more fiction than fact, observes reader Kevin Sherlock.
More farms run by females
More than a quarter of all farm operations in the country are now run by women.
Spring means schools visit farms
School trips should visit family farms, not CAFOs.
American beef worries gone, but mad-cow disease not forgotten
The economic impacts of the recent BSE scare will be around for a long time.
Canadian BSE triggered by feed
Complete answers may never be known.
Columnist perpetuates family lore, but it’s just a myth
Family trees are often filled with more fiction than fact, observes reader Kevin Sherlock.
