Andy Vance

“Mike Johanns for President!” my friend Tom commented on my Facebook page earlier today. I had shared this picture with my social media circle – the junior Senator from Nebraska visited with farm broadcasters this morning during our visit to Capitol Hill. Based on what I heard this morning and what I’ve observed over the [...]

After writing about a recent media attack against Professor Temple Grandin, the nation’s foremost authority on animal handling and animal welfare, I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to get a call from Dr. Grandin herself. I’ve interviewed a number of notable notables over the years, including each of the last four Secretaries of Agriculture, Ohio State [...]

My friend and Feedstuffs colleague Megan Brown shared an extremely surprising article last week under the headline “Temple Grandin not working on Animal Welfare for consumers benefit any more.” WHAT? Temple Grandin, if you aren’t acquainted, is the nation’s foremost authority on humane treatment and handling of food animals. She has literally written the book [...]

Before I started writing as a full-time occupation, I spent several years writing a weekly column for a number of local Ohio newspapers, including my hometown daily The Times-Gazette. Hillsboro, Ohio is a very special place to me. I spent the first 18 years of my life there, and the people and experiences in this [...]

Stories like this generally pass right over my internal news filter these days; I used to be very much in tune with state and national politics, but in recent years I’ve shifted my attention toward policy rather than pure politics. This piece from the Columbus Dispatch caught my attention, however, because the story refers to [...]

I wanted to update you on one of my favorite parts of my new role at Feedstuffs. In addition to covering the grains, feed ingredients and biofuels markets for The Weekly Newspaper of Agribusiness, I’m also behind a microphone again, hosting two audio programs at Feedstuffs.com. Feedstuffs First is what I think of as “the [...]