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Did HSUS start animal rights World War II?
By Heather Hetterick It was just starting to appear that everyone was, well, not exactly getting along, but at least cooperating with each other and finding some common ground. After all, Issue 2 was behind us and that war between Humane Society of the United States and the agriculture industry in Ohio ended somewhat peacefully with [...]
Make your horse smile
Every spring when I have my equine vet visit to give the horses their vaccines, I invite my equine dentist to come at the same time. The combined visit isn’t cheap but it is necessary. My equine dentist uses the latest equine dentistry power tools so it is necessary to tranquilize the horses for the [...]
The dark secrets of agriculture
By Matt Reese With full bellies and suspicious minds, consumers are questioning more than ever the science behind their food. Genetically modified crops, antibiotics, pesticides — these are all scary sounding things that seem more at home in a science laboratory than in relation to something as intimate as the food on our plates. Despite [...]
Sharing the debt
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net Look at everything happening in D.C. lately. Almost every day there is a bill sent to the House or Senate floors that go absolutely no further by design. All of these bills are built to make the other party look pitiful when they fail and sway the voters one [...]
Mike Zuzolo Market Update – April 23rd, 2012
APRIL 23, 2012 GCAC WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW Weekly Review—GRAINS Overview of Last Week: The grains–wheat and corn–led the market higher to start the week, on both supply & demand-led concerns and bullishness; but by the end of the week–with no confirmation of Chinese corn buying and the wheat weather looking less cold to the SRW [...]
New online ag classifieds
By Kim Lemmon I’m an online classified junkie. My husband and I have bought and sold many items through craigslist and other online classified sites through the years. The one irritating part about online classifieds is trying sort through all of the stuff you don’t want to find the stuff you do. With the addition [...]
Follow up with the foul-mouthed food blogger
We recently took a trip to the city. It was an adventure with the children, my wife, and her siblings, parents, grandparents and me on a road trip to visit my brother-in-law in southern Mississippi, just outside of New Orleans. One day on the trip, we went into the city to see the sights and [...]
American Farmer song by Steve Azar benefits FFA
It’s neat when people come up with creative ways to raise money. This one is pretty good in my book! While at charity auction, the folks at Swenson Investments and Commodities purchased a unique item. It was to have a song of their choice written by country artist Steve Azar for a charity organization. They [...]
A farmer’s silent partner
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net He may look all alone In the middle of his field All he sees is all he owns Where a silent partnership is sealed. He’s not talking to himself And he’s not praying to The Devine. It’s a conversation with the land That has his future on [...]
Mike Zuzolo Market Update – April 16th, 2012
Macro-Fundamentals & Outside Markets Observations: · Last week showed us very clearly two distinct markets when it came to the overall risky assets such as the commodities and equities; Tuesday’s trade was a “risk-off” trade due to concerns of recent economic data in China coupled with an increasing problem with the EU sovereign interest rates [...]
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