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What will kick Congress into gear?
Alan Guebert takes Washington to task on the 2012 Farm Bill.
Farmers urged to report storm, heat damage to FSA
WASHINGTON -- Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass is urging farmers to report any storm-related losses to their local Farm Service Agency offices, and...
Can’t duck crop insurance disaster
Many on Capitol Hill are quick to point out that “If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.”...
GovDelivery offers farmers FSA info. electronically
Hello Again,Farmers in our area have really embraced the new forms of electronic technology. A lot of farm families now have a computer and...
A golden goose for chicken feed
Every week for 19 years this 170 square-foot, two-dog, one-person office has declared its complete devotion to numbers. For example, just last week we...
Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the...
USDA issues order: Five county FSA offices to close in Ohio and seven...
The USDA issued this map of the offices that will be closing.
Urban and rural: Congresswoman takes time to hear from both sides
BURTON, Ohio — Connecting the urban side and the rural side of the farm bill isn’t going to be easy. Throw in the differing...
Major co-ops back dairy stabilization plan
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee did the right thing when it approved a farm bill that contains much-needed change in federal dairy programs, including provisions outlined in the Dairy Security Act. Dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest will benefit from these changes.
Big numbers should trigger hard questions
Hard numbers, hard questions and even harder answers.
