Thursday, December 25, 2025

Yearly Archives: 2007

SALEM, Ohio - Gene Starkey nearly fell to his knees crying. Just outside the back door of his Champaign County dairy barn, where a silo and Harvestore and four hopper-bottom feed bids stand, a black cloud overwhelmed him.

SALEM, Ohio - Hormone free. Antibiotic free. Pesticide free. These phrases have caused some tension in the dairy industry recently.

SALEM, Ohio - A new insurance program is giving Pennsylvania farmers another option when it comes to risk management.

I wish there was a vaccine for parents, administered around the time their children start talking, that provided immunity to kidfluence.

This is the time of year that slows us down enough to enjoy the grandeur all around us. The leaves are absolutely stunning as the bright blue sky serves as their backdrop and the sunshine dapples the entire show with brilliance.

As sure as the rooster crows every morning, someone will crow every farm bill year on how New Zealand's 1984 elimination of government farm programs has brought a never-ending dawn to Kiwi farmers.

What ever happened to "play nice?" News sources quote a Chinese safety official with the "General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine" (whew!) as saying that discussion with the United States over how much lead paint could be used in toys were being worked out by product safety officials in both countries.

For me, Christmas morning can't hold a candle to one of these rare October dawns when the sun is not quite up and the dew is heavy on the grass and contrails play tic-tac-toe in heaven's splendid blue vault.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The 10 producers who registered the most Angus beef cattle in the state of Ohio recorded a total of 2,205 Angus with the

BOSTON - Scientists are reporting an advance toward turning corn plants into natural factories for producing gelatin to replace animal-sourced gelatin widely used by the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing capsules and tablets.