“No out of state group has the right to target our way of life” In Ohio’s 8th Congressional District, we are blessed with some of the richest farmland in the world. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the counties in our District are leading producers in a state well known for its deep agricultural […]
Editor’s Note – I’m thrilled to welcome my hometown newspaper, the Hillsboro Times-Gazette, to the family of papers across the midwest carrying my weekly column. An interesting confluence of stories struck me this week on the issue of “global warming,” or what is now more politically known as “climate change.” Global warming, it […]
A few items to note this afternoon: My friends over at the NCBA Young Producers “Cattle Call” Blog took up the issue today. Lindsay has been on radio programs from Topeka, Kansas to Madison, Wisconsin this week, further illustrating the national implications this vote has for livestock production. Hungry AND Stinky to Save the Planet […]
I did a story this morning on a clever new effort by the American Farm Bureau Federation to educate and persuade legislators about the ripple affect enacting Cap & Trade legislation will have on farmers and food production. Called “Don’t Cap Our Future,” the effort encourages farmers to sign the bill of a farm hat […]
Sitting on the 39th floor of the Millennium Hilton overlooking the World Trade Center reconstruction site, here are a few links and stories that came across my desk over vacation. — Most recently, legislators and farm leaders in Michigan rolled over and capitulated to Pacelle and his anti-meat eating terrorist organization HSUS. Pacelle […]
Issue 2 Means Safe, Local, Affordable Food We’re in the last few weeks ahead of an election, which means many of us are starting to seriously examine the major issues and candidates among which we’ll have to cast our ballots. Voting is one of our most sacred rights as Americans, and one of […]
I made my debut this morning at the Cattle Call blog, hosted by the National Cattlemens’ Beef Association and written by fellow members of NCBA’s Young Producers’ Council. Editor Cari Rincker assembled a great group of young Cattlemen from around the country to dish on various issues facing agriculture and the beef industry. I joined […]
An editorial about the Waxman-Markey bill (H.R. 2454) from House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) was published yesterday in a special energy section of The Hill. In the editorial, Rep. Lucas and Sen. Chambliss highlight various recent studies that show the devastating impact the […]
