Lindsay and I couldn’t be happier with the success of this weekend’s Great Buckeye Tractor Cruise! Our inaugural trek to raise money for Camp Quality of Ohio went off without a hitch thanks for our amazing staff, dedicated volunteers, and the BEST DRIVERS WE COULD HOPE FOR!!! 26 drivers made the journey from the […]
Most of us have known or been acquainted with someone who has known a loved one lost in a farm accident. My guess is that behind PTO-related incidents, grain handling accidents are a primary cause of death on our farms. A few years ago, Logan county had such a tragedy. The good news is, […]
“Voinovich’s View” Lowering Gas Prices: Find More, Use Less All of us know that Ohio families are hurting terribly from sky-high gasoline prices and everything else that goes up along with rising fuel costs, including food prices, travel expenses and the overall cost of living. It’s impossible for me to visit a gas […]
http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/2008/07/oh-05-rep-latta-on-agriculture-and.html Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives today about Ohio farm families’ dependence on energy, and how the escalating cost of fuel is putting the squeeze on these families’ ability to remain in business. The Congressman visited several farms during the Holiday Recess, and got firsthand accounts […]
http://agwired.com/2008/07/08/cow-ends-cause-problems/ As if the hue and cry over my television wasn’t enough, the environmental wacktivists out there may be trying to push me completely over the edge. Like our colleagues at AgWired, we received a press release from some enviro-publication blaming – get this – COWS for global warming. As Chuck points out, […]
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/07/09/scapegoating_speculators TownHall columnist Walter Williams, whom I first heard of when he filled in for Rush a few years ago, is a brilliant scholar and conservative commentator. His columns are generally insightful, concise, and on target. Williams has a column up today about speculation in the oil markets, why Congress is foolish to attempt […]
