LETTER: Learning experience for family at livestock auction
Editor:If you have done any calf rearing you know how difficult the task at hand can be. My husband and I took our son...
Partnerships and planning key to successful drilling operations
Editor:At the Columbiana County General Health District we have been involved with aspects of oil/gas drilling operations for several years now. We do a...
Vote for the Harrison County Cooperative Extension levy
Editor:I am definitely voting for the new Harrison County Cooperative Extension levy coming up at the March 6 election. Please go vote, even if...
Raw milk: Both sides of the issue need to be addressed
Editor:I would like to discuss some of the remarks made by Mr. Scott Shalaway. A while back he wrote in the Farm and Dairy...
LETTER: Humane Society’s mission is to help all animals
Editor:The announcement by Rick Berman's Center for Consumer Freedom that it had discovered 120 complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission concerning The Humane...
Lack of farming experience makes HSUS unqualified
Editor:After reading last week's Farm and Dairy article about HSUS and Paul Shapiro, my curiosity got the best of me and I spent a...
Extension and 4-H are vital components of community
Editor:Two years ago I moved onto a 65-acre Harrison County farm property. Since I am a forester, and not a farmer, I have depended...
Reader: Where does Farm Bureau’s power come from?
Editor:I have been a 34-year member of the Stark County Farm Bureau. I did not renew my membership for 2012 as I find I...
Reader: Government spending needs to be curbed
I was disheartened to read of the public outcry in Carroll County over the closing of the FSA office. Given our country's massive federal...
LETTER: AgriSol project develops agricultural practices in Tanzania
Over the past few weeks, there has been discussion about a project in Tanzania involving AgriSol Energy. It is an exciting project meant to help Tanzanians implement modern, sustainable agricultural practices.