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Monthly Archives: December 2004

SALEM, Ohio - It's been two weeks and Juanita McDonnell is no closer to finding her two horses than she was the morning she woke up to find them missing from their Mahoning County paddock.

SALEM, Ohio - Striking dairy workers in Wayne County are getting support from the Catholic church. A letter signed by 15 leaders in the Cleveland Diocese, including Bishop Martin Amos, asks Stoll Farms to negotiate with the 35 Hispanic workers.

Australia and New Zealand are half a world away, two ocean-bound nations clinging to the traditions and the uniqueness that define their people, despite the increasingly invasive influence of reality shows and Hollywood.

SALEM, Ohio - It's the middle of December. Do you know where your farm finances stand? Look at your record book - is the last entry from Jan.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - U.S. cattle producers received grim tidings two days before Christmas 2003: A case of mad cow disease surfaced in Washington state.

When mad cow test alerts hit the airwaves, Dusty and Cheryl Sonnenberg were worried they wouldn't be able to market their dairy beef products.

It was a gray and dreary morning. Not much happening. Not much to spark the day. Until the phone rang.

For nearly two years, U.S. farmers and ranchers watched as the second shoe grew bigger and bigger. On Nov.

Here we are in December and I see livestock in numerous pastures where there is no grass left to eat.

Struggling in my handbag is an almost daily experience for me. Oh, I made sure to choose a bag with all the organizer pockets including one for a cell phone.