Sun-Tsu, the legendary military strategist so often co-opted into ’80s business reading material, built his strategy around the basic premise that you must know your enemy to truly defeat him. For that reason, and to keep my blood pressure from ever dipping into the “normal” range, I read Wayne Pacelle’s blog. Wayne is the CEO/Chief […]

This Easter, the Ohio Poultry Association (OPA) and Ohio’s egg farmers are helping feed hungry people, teaming up with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF) for the third year to donate more than one million eggs statewide. Nine Ohio egg farmers again will donate more than 1.2 million eggs via the Second Harvest […]

Farmers across the country understand that now, more than ever, membership and involvement in agricultural organizations is a basic and necessary cost of doing business.   With attacks from anti-farm extremists in the environmental and animal rights lobbies, in addition to mounting legislative and regulatory burdens from Washington, farmers increasingly rely on the “strength in […]

My friend Mike Adams tipped me off that Patrick Boyle of the American Meat Institute referenced my last post on this issue in today’s edition of AgriTalk.  I encourage you to listen to both Rick Tolman and Patrick’s comments on the situation. They both make valid points on this issue…

Rick Tolman, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, penned a scathing op-ed last week on the American Meat Institute’s “Scorched Earth Campaign” against ethanol. Tolman was particularly incensed that AMI “signed onto political letters and advertisements with environmental extremists like Friends of the Earth, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group” in […]

Farmers across the country understand that now, more than ever, membership and involvement in agricultural organizations is a basic and necessary cost of doing business.     With attacks from anti-farm extremists in the environmental and animal rights lobbies, in addition to mounting legislative and regulatory burdens from Washington, farmers increasingly rely on the “strength […]

This Easter, the Ohio Poultry Association (OPA) and Ohio’s egg farmers are helping feed hungry people, teaming up with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF) for the third year to donate more than one million eggs statewide.     Nine Ohio egg farmers again will donate more than 1.2 million eggs via the […]