This week, it’s time to give thanks
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell writes about last week's Firestone Test Center open house, and about the latest class of inductees in the Columbiana County Agricultural Hall of Fame that includes former long-time Farm and Dairy editor Elden R. Groves.
Economist: Read my lips – flat tax is saves U.S. farmers more money
A Purdue University agricultural economist estimates a tax savings of more than $5,000 for many producers if Congress adopted a 20 percent federal flat tax.
EPA will review TMDL rule
On July 16, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman filed a motion in the District of Columbia Circuit Court asking the court to hold action on the lawsuits over the rule for 18 months so the agency could revise the rule.
Hawken student turns senior project into triathlon victory
An Ohio youth who competed in the Lamisil AT Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco June 10 not only won his age division, he came in 291 out of a field of 1,400. He needed a challenge for his senior project.
Rare candlestand lights up Roadshow as $150,000 find
An 1765 table handed down from a grandmother was appraised as having been the nicest candlestand in Philadelphia at the time, and may be one of only about 15 left in existence.
State-of-the-art technology can clean wastewater from swine production
Japanese state-of-the-art technology for treating municipal wastewater has been adapted to replace lagoons on a hog farm.
Government intervention gets failing grade
A reader comments on the Bush education policy that threatens new orgies of spending, legislating, centralizing, and reforming.
Licking County farmer preserves farmland
John and Anne Hohmann signed a Deed of Agricultural Easement that ensures their 217-acre Clearview Farm will always remain agriculturally available.
Soybean aphids attacking fields
Growers should scout fields to check for soybean aphids, a new pest attacking the Midwest.
At 394 bushels, he ‘sure knows how to raise corn’
Francis Childs of Manchester, Iowa, the four-time national corn growers' contest winner in the non-irrigated class, was guest speaker July 18 at the 2001 Lawrence Conservation Crop Day at Sankey's Feed Mill north of Plain Grove, Pa.
