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...
Reader welcomes HSUS to Ohio with open arms
Editor:As a Farm Bureau member, the victim of one of the six Park Farms broiler grow-out operations now unable to sell my home for...
The hidden cost of animal ID enrollment
Editor:I recently analyzed a USDA spreadsheet for National Animal Identification System (NAIS) bribes — sanitized as cooperative agreements. These are the funds received by...
Article endorsement for Jerseys
Editor:
I found the article from Normand St-Pierre about feeding for pounds of fat and protein to be quite interesting, and his closing comments in...
