What are parents — and others– really afraid of?
Editor:In Editor Susan Crowell's Sept. 9 column, "Obama school speech furor: You can tell it was a slow news day," you dismissed as unwarranted...
Harrison County Junior Livestock Sale thanks
Editor:The 2009 annual Harrison County Junior Fair Livestock Sale has come and gone, and was a tremendous success. A special thanks goes out to...
Looks like the taxpayer gets the short end of the stick again
Editor:I wonder how the 330 people in Richland County who own property in the Muskingum Watershed District that had to pay the assessment fee...
Don’t miss the chance for broadband in southern Ohio
Editor:Like many of your readers I live in the countryside, out of reach of modern broadband and barely in range of cellular service. I,...
What is really going on in these days of vast “over-supply?”
Editor:An article on a Web site, taken from USDA's Livestock, Dairy, Poultry Outlook Report, dated June 17, 2009, grabbed my attention when it stated...
USDA should be honest
Editor:I would like to comment on Alan Guebert's great article on NAIS in the June 18 Farm and Dairy. His lines, "flaws are as...
American taxpayers are subsidizing the rest of the world
Editor:These days, the subject one is most likely to hear on the evening news is the state of the economy. The U.S.A. is a...
Reader: Pa. Sunshine solar energy program not so bright
Editor:
In your May 28, 2009 article, “Sun is shining on those interested in solar energy,” it is claimed that Pennsylvania consumers could reduce “purchase...
Counterproductive to include agricultural operations
Editor:I would like to comment on Al Cross' article about USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's push to add carbon credits for agriculture to the proposed...
There is no “bait and switch” in food industry
Editor:I feel mildly abused and somewhat insulted by Ms. Seabolt's column of May 21, 2009. Having worked in the food industry most of my...