Monthly Archives: January 2007
The New HamThe New Hampshire ‘pay per view’
We've looked out our back windows and watched a bobcat prowl the edge of our woods. We've watched deer and wild turkeys.
Singing praises of English Shepherds
I have been surprised by the feedback I have received from last week's column regarding the decades-old murder of two brothers and their ever-watchful English Shepherd.
Jungle of food safety may consolidate
One hundred years ago this week, the nation's first extensive food safety laws went into effect. Inspired by Upton Sinclair's stomach-churning novel The Jungle, President Theodore Roosevelt bullied Congress into passing the Food and Drug Act.
Setting your 2007 farm budget by the numbers
Lower fuel and nitrogen prices in the last half of 2006 have signaled trends that should hold throughout 2007.
Sandwiched in the Spotlights
The rain let up on New Year's Eve, leaving the bricks of my brother's new entry patio glistening in the moonlight.
America the big takes on foreigners’ fat
There is a reason I have no desire to travel the world, see exotic places, and meet new and exciting people and it is this: new and exciting people who live in other places are strange.
When it rains, it pours: N’ahli R.I.P.
(Editor's note: In the Jan. 4 column, Boardman Police Officer Kim Kotheimer was incorrectly referred to as "Jim" in one sentence.
Survey: Bringing home the bacon not easy when bacon prices drop
WASHINGTON - Retail prices for food at the supermarket decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
Study: Growth-promoting antibiotics increase cost of poultry production
WASHINGTON - Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the use of growth-promoting antibiotics in chicken feed is a financial loser for poultry producers, according to an economic study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
Scientists warn: Rapidly-spreading swine disease has unknown source
MANHATTAN, Kan. - A new disease has taken swine producers, veterinarians and scientists across the country by surprise and left them searching for solutions.