Since that time, more than 24,000 entries jail or had to pay their fine immediately,
have been made in the national database but were not allowed to pay through the
used to track suspended violators. Each mail. Under the agreement, nonresident
state must review entries in the database violators can be issued a summons (ticket)
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and recognize suspensions from other and allowed to pay through the mail. If
states based upon their individual laws. they do not pay, their hunting, trapping
The agreement also allows nonresident and fishing privileges are suspended in all 800-801-3596
violators from a compact member state to member states until they pay or appear in Brown Mid-rib (BMR) Sorghum x Sudangrass
be treated the same as a resident of the court. Member states are listed at High Tonnage! BMR gene 6 for Highest Quality!
state where a violation occurs. In the past, www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/tabid/20979/ Energy similar to corn silage with 2x the protein!
nonresidents were immediately taken to Default.aspx.
great for Nutrient Management Plans!
Higher feed efficiency than corn silage!
Mark WiLson
comprehensive energy bill that seeks to
establish, among other things, a cap-and-
Improves butterfat test and rumen health!
Caring
trade program for greenhouse gases and a
federal renewable energy standard. Under
for the
this bill, agriculture faces more expensive
and complicated regulations. Some fear no-
Land
till farming, because it minimizes carbon
dioxide released from the soil, manure
lagoon covers, because they trap methane,
and nitrogen fertilizer management,
Fighting in two theaters
because of the potential loss of nitrous
With the Humane Society of the United oxide, could be required. While I’m an
States (HSUS) and their anti-animal agri- advocate of no-till, lagoon covers and
culture ballot initiatives rolling through the improved nitrogen management, mandat-
ill-informed electorate in state after state, ing such practices will only force more
like Germany overran Eastern Europe in farmers out of business.
1939, Ohio agriculture is right to stand and U.S. EPA is also diligently refining its
fight the good fight. But like the Allies dur- regulatory standards for course particulate
great replacement for corn silage!
ing that dark time, Ohio agriculture cannot matter (i.e. dust). Several agricultural
afford to focus its limited resources in one groups legally challenged the initial release
great for Double-cropping after wheat!
theater, for over the horizon, another of these standards and lost. Agriculture
power is moving across the landscape. will now be faced with standards for dust
2008 CORN SILAGE/SORGHUM SUDAN TRIAL RESULTS
The federal government and its state from gravel roads and tillage. Never mind
minions are quietly and strategically craft- that the science can’t distinguish between
ing environmental policy that will signifi- urban and rural dust. Nor does it show
CP ADF NDF NDFD-30 NEL
cantly affect farming as we know it. The any health benefits from the regulations.
likely result is government’s long-standing What was once a policy debate amongst Corn Silage 6.03 38.32 60.4 63.82 0.56
goal of regulating non-point source pollu- farmers about how to put food on the table
tion (i.e. “pollution” that results from has now been broadened to include a
Corn Silage 8.12 34.19 57.6 71.1 0.62
man’s use of the land) will finally become diverse array of topics and voices. Under
Summer Dream S x S 22.72 36.33 55.2 81.07 0.66
reality. None-the-less, this is a fight in these circumstances, differences between
which Ohio agriculture must also engage. people are resolved by give-and-take, with Summer Prince S x S 20.08 30.42 57.5 79.8 0.68
It used to be that “pollution” was the middle defined by the two ends. The
viewed as something hazardous, toxic or unfortunate reality is that regulations are
HayKing Sudan 16.6 35.38 62.8 61.85 0.67
unsanitary. Smokestack emissions, tail pipe going to increase, seems like they always
HayMaker Sudan 16.81 34.58 61.9 68.86 0.67
exhaust, sewage bypasses, pesticide appli- do. The extent of the increase will depend
cation and industrial discharges were the on the resources Ohio agriculture can
target. Increasingly however, the regulato- deliver to the fight in two theaters, animal
ry focus has shifted to eroding sediment, rights and the environment. If regulations
BIGSummer Yields!
channelizing ditches, draining wet spots, increase too dramatically, it’s entirely possi-
applying fertilizer, running an exhaust fan ble the next debate could be over the
and creating dust. Oh, and let’s not forget importation of food.
Tiffany Teff
farting cows. In order to bring these areas
of “pollution” under government control,
Kudos and Kowpies
new regulations are needed.
Kudos to Mike Carper, president of the
• great for making Dry Hay
The Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787)
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association, for his letter
• Tolerates many Soil Conditions
was re-introduced in the Senate this year by
to the editor recently published in the
Sen. Feingold, D-Wisconsin. The upshot of
Columbus Dispatch. In it he urges people to • Thicken weak Alfalfa stands
this bill is to extend the 1972 Clean Water
contact their federal representative and tell
• Double crop after wheat
Act to cover everything that was wet, is
them to stop the Clean Water Restoration
wet or might ever be wet. Under S. 787,
Act. Land stewardship and clean water are • great Tonnage
small ditches, mud holes and gutters
important to Mike. But he doesn’t want the
federal government imposing additional
• Quality similar to Timothy
would become wetlands and be regulated
as such. And while odds are long that S.
regulations (and additional financial bur-
787 will become law, farmers should not
dens) on him. We should all follow Mike’s
become complacent. This is because Ohio
example and speak up, before it’s too late.
Recent evaluation of approx. 400 lines of Teff
EPA is close to adopting state regulations
Kowpies to the municipality (who shall
remain nameless) for seriously considering
NORTHERN INDIANA,
have identified “Tiffany” Teff as a top forage pro-
that are even more stringent than S. 787.
Included in Ohio EPA’s initiative are four
charging a stormwater utility fee for “occu-
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
ducer in the U.S.!
interrelated rules (water quality standards,
pied” cemetery plots. The rationale given
NORTHWEST OHIO, MICHIgAN
401 water quality certification, anti-degra-
was burial vaults wind up being so close
Bob Eash, Territory Manager
dation and stream mitigation) with the col-
together as to create an impermeable layer
resulting in increased runoff. I guess even
Office: 1-888-836-3697
SOUTHERN INDIANA, OHIO,
lective effect of regulating every drop of
water that falls on the Buckeye State. Dec.
cemetery “occupants” aren’t assured of
Cell: 1-260-336-2106
KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE
23, 1985 (date of USDA’s Swampbuster reg-
escaping government’s zealous attempt to
www.bestforage.com
Dennis Brown, Territory Manager
ulations) never looked so good.
collect taxes.
Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved.
bobeash@kuntrynet.com
Office: 1-765-584-1342
The American Clean Energy and
Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), recently
Mark L. Wilson is president of Land Stewards,
Dealer Inquireies
Cell: 1-765-546-2494
introduced by Rep. Waxman, D-California,
LLC. He can be reached at mwilson@landstew- Always Invited
brownviewseeds@rcwifi.com
800-801-3596
and Rep. Markey, D-Massachusetts, is a
ards.com or 740-751-4703.
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