Andy Vance

This week The Ohio State University, my alma mater, named fellow alumnus Bruce McPheron vice president for agricultural administration and dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. I sat down with the new dean for a conversation this morning about his background and vision for the future of our college. First, a [...]

Despite losing to arch rival Michigan in this year’s edition of “The Game,” the last week in November proved a good one for Buckeye Nation. Yes, That Team Up North turned in a red-letter performance to send our beloved Buckeyes to 6-6 on the season and a pathetic 3-5 record in Big Ten play, but all was [...]

One of the many things I love about social media portals like Facebook and Twitter are the numerous opportunities for engaging in “conversations” that would otherwise never happen in the real world. While some stew and fret that engaging in social media may actually be making us less social in the “real world” than ever [...]

For the longtime reader of my opinion writing, what I am about to say will be somewhat shocking… I am extremely hesitant to write anything at all about the tragic saga unfolding in State College, Penn. For the first time in my career as a writer, I have struggled with even staking out my position [...]

Here’s my weekly roundup of my writing over the past seven days. First off, my latest column at Feedstuffs: What Message Are We Sending? We see it quite often in social media circles… the posting of such phrases as “Farmers Rock”. While certainly meant as a compliment, perhaps we need to step back and at [...]