Yearly Archives: 2006
Will it take an amendment to Ohio’s constitution to protect property rights?
Private property ownership is an original and fundamental right that existed before the formation of government.
Will it take an amendment to Ohio’s constitution to protect property rights?
Ohio's task force charged by the legislature to study eminent domain proposed a number of recommendations that I support.
Why cattle don’t make ‘the grade’
WOOSTER, Ohio - With so many factors lined up to reduce marbling deposition in cattle today, it's no wonder the beef industry struggles to maintain 55 percent USDA Choice grade.
Livestock dealers’ licenses in limbo
SALEM, Ohio - Five livestock dealers who failed to disclose the health condition of diseased hogs to buyers may lose their dealers' licenses.
Keep weeds in check with less herbicide
WASHINGTON - How do you kill weeds in a field? That depends. Weed patches vary in size, shape, and composition and often require different treatments.
What’s left behind
THE auctioneer's racing voice quiets for the first time, and the crowd focuses on the woman in the red shirt. The one with her arms crossed, her eyes downcast, her lips pressed together.
Horse slaughter ban goes to Senate
SALEM, Ohio - Animal sanctuary owner Annette Fisher says most Americans wouldn't consider slaughtering their cats and dogs, so we shouldn't allow slaughterhouses to keep killing horses for meat production, either.
Earl McKarns inducted into county’s conservation hall of fame
KENSINGTON, Ohio - Nearly 80 people gathered in a hilltop cattle loafing shed on Earl McKarns' Carroll County Farm last week to see the grazier inducted into the county's conservation hall of fame.
At the top of his game
COLUMBUS - Stew Kitchen isn't just a farm kid. He's an athlete, too, an Ohio State University athlete, a true Buckeye who's bled scarlet and gray since he was a toddler.
Quilt barns
SALEM, Ohio - About 70 years ago, Mary Harlan Henderson sat at a quilting frame in her Harrison County farmhouse, carefully piecing patches of fabric into patterns.
