ASHLAND, Ohio — Just when livestock producers are finding ways to clear the murky waters of low commodity prices and high input prices, comes another deluge of challenges in the form of steep funding cuts to the Ohio State University Extension and assaults from theHumane Society of the United States.

Producers are being targeted by groups determined to either change the way animal agriculture does business or put it out of business altogether, according to John Fitzpatrick, organization director for Ashland/Medina/Wayne County Farm Bureaus.

Following a preview of a multimedia presentation, Veal Calves and Cull Cows, Fitzpatrick told producers and industry representatives attending the Ashland County Cattlemen’s annual meeting that the Humane Society of the United States has targeted Ohio as their next state to pass legislation similar to Proposition 2 that was passed in California. Fitzpatrick told the cattlemen that the HSUS is not connected with the local humane society in any way. What you can do

Full pink alert is when,the cherry blossom are in their fullest bloom,the cherry blossom report is broadcasts on the nightly news alongside the weather report.Cherry blossoms first bloom in Kyushu and make their way slowly northeast up the archipelago till they reach Tokyo and than Hokkaido,finally the blossoms reach there in May.

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The Camden County Fire Marshal\’s Office is investigating.

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This contest, co-sponsored by NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife and Verizon Pioneers H. G. McCully Upstate Chapter 12, is open to all fourth grade students who reside in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties.

Participants are asked to research one migratory bird that visits New Jersey. Using the knowledge gained from their research, students need to create a poster that illustrates the selected bird, and highlights at least one human culture that it encounters on its migratory journey. Content may

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