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Sorting lies, distortions and lawsuits
Somewhere along the line, it became acceptable to bend and break the record of public figures and firms without any consequence whatsoever. Shortly thereafter, distortion and deception replaced discussion and debate and yelling and lying replaced compromise and progress. And that’s just in agriculture; in politics, it’s even worse. The latest farm and food fight
Time running out for farm bill, amid record drought, uncertainty
House members say disaster package is only temporary, still planning to approve a five-year farm bill.
Sure would be nice to have apples in the back yard
URBANA, Ill. — That backyard orchard you were dreaming of? You might not be able to plant as many trees as you planned.
Past is new again in reprinted book
“For although he was insatiably a farmer and his father and grandfathers and great-grandfathers had been Owen County farmers, he did not live on his farm. When Walter married Clara in 1903, they began housekeeping in the town and never moved to the farm. That was before rural electricity, furnaces, power mowers, good roads, or
It’s time to roll out the rain barrel and conserve water
Rain barrels make every drop count. That’s the slogan that begins every one of my rain barrel presentations. Well, OK, I have to confess here that I have done only one actual presentation, but when someone comes into the office looking for rain barrels, I do kind of a mini-presentation for him. The only difference
The tales of skunks and the relief when they leave
The Rusty Iron business is a little slow this week, so I’ll play Scott Shalaway and tell you a nature tale that I call (with apologies to Steven Spielberg), A Close Encounter of the Striped Kind. Nuisance For a couple of weeks, something has been digging up Nancy’s flower bulbs at the front of the
Compromise reached: HSUS will not be heading to the ballot this November
Gov. Strickland said a compromise is good for Ohio agriculture and animal welfare.
Proposed regulations for small meat processors could present hardship
New regulations proposed by the USDA could put some meat processors out of business.
Winter is sneaking out the back door
How exciting! A chipmunk on the back porch! And six red-winged blackbirds! And snowdrops pushing through the snow! And robins galore splashing through the mini-lakes left by the melting ice! And a pair of geese establishing their territory, first in a swale in the pasture, then in a coppice where volunteer apple trees provide a
Some groups want exemptions from livestock care board
COLUMBUS — Unhappy with the charge of paying an additional feed tax and the possibility of having their own standards compromised, several groups representing organic, “small farmers” and “family farmers” asked Ohio’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to be exempted from the soon-to-be formed livestock care standards board. The board was approved by more than
