LETTER: Ohio farmers don’t need more government assistance
The government pays thousands of people to "help" the farmer. Just how do these government organizations help us farmers?
LETTER: Coming election will determine fate of this country
The United States government borrows trillions of dollars from China, which will some day need to be paid back by our children or grandchildren, with interest.
Help keep the Carroll County FSA office open
Editor:There is a plan to close the FSA office in Carroll County to help save money by consolidating offices. I am all for saving...
Reader thanks good Samaritan who corralled her cows
On Dec. 28 a kind, thoughtful and wonderful person, or persons, performed an act of kindness and I want to thank them.
LETTER: Horse slaughter is inhumane and unnecessary
We can not keep slaughtering an excess of 100,000 horses every year and say this is a necessary evil to dispose of horses. We need to control the breeding of the horses to regain ground in price and value for the horse.
LETTER: Country needs farmers who milk cows, not taxpayers
The "farm bill," as quoted by Farm and Dairy editor Susan Crowell, is 75 percent not directed to the "farm." May I venture to say that another 20 percent of that remains is welfare for bankers, lawyers, politicians and multinational corporations. That leaves less than 10 billion dollars to benefit farmers.
LETTER: Use common sense to make a decision about shale drilling
Editor:I am a local farmer. I'm a simple man and, like most farmers, I have a lot of common sense. Simplicity and common sense...
LETTER: Collective bargaining still powerful tool for farmers
Farmers must never lose sight of the real power farmers have and that should be used in the marketplace. Market power, not government power, will bring lasting prosperity to America’s dairy farmers.
LETTER: There should be labels on beef
The following is a headline I read recently, "COOL is ruled WTO violation; NCBA agrees." Are you kidding me? The all-knowing minds at the NCBA have fought a battle so all of us independent cattlemen and women have no way to distinguish our product.
LETTER: A simple plan to ‘Save Our Society’ includes flat tax
Reader: If government interference and over regulation would be reduced, jobs would be created, private industry would prosper and more than sufficient tax revenue would be generated.
