Executive Director @US_RSPE & @PoultryAlliance. Certified Association Executive (CAE). Ag expert & analyst @SpectrumNews1OH.
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Apr 1
The responses to this thread illustrate the problem of systematically destroying credibility in public institutions. It’s not healthy for a functioning society, but here we are.
(There’s also a problem in focusing solely on one’s self interest, i.e. USDA should pay respondents.)
Oh man 😳 response rate of only 37.6%. We will probably once again this year see some acres surprises and adjustments going forward 🤦♂️
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Apr 1
Sadly, this has been decades in the making. In my farm radio days I always joined the @profarmer Crop Tour, and always marveled at things farmers would say about USDA data. Some guys desperately *wanted* to believe that USDA was playing silly buggers with the data for #reasons.
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Apr 1
…and of course we’re at the end of the pendulum’s swing in which people distrust institutions generally. The attacks on public education, against the University system, dismantling large swaths of federal agencies ostensibly in the name of deficit reduction (lol). It all fits.
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Mar 31
Unfortunately, this has roots down in the high school and middle school levels. I was pleasantly surprised that our seventh grader was assigned Fahrenheit 451 this year, but that feels like an anomaly from what I hear from parents in other districts.
Harvard faculty report that they've had to "trim some readings and drop others entirely, switch from novels to short stories, and that it’s difficult to keep assigning reading in the face of increasing student complaints."
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Mar 31
I’d love to see schools rely less on Chromebooks & Canva in class (our daughter is building slide decks in nearly every class on a weekly basis), and more on books and hand-written assignments.
Note I said “schools” and not “teachers.” Teachers didn’t create the problem.
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Mar 31
For my money, the best in the business. An exceptional talent and all-around class act.
Mar 29
People really don’t talk enough about how Clark Kellogg is exceptional every year on the NCAA tournament. Consummate pro.
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Feb 23
Pat Riley and Tom Landry – nobody looked better on the sideline at their respective sport.
Let’s bring back looking professional on the sideline.
Feb 22
Pat Riley says he wishes NBA coaches still wore suits and ties:
“I think when fans look over at the sidelines they want to see someone that looks like a leader.” (via @ramonashelburne)
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Jan 31
There is an interesting bit of research to be done here on the effect of removing home economics and shop class from the school curriculum.
Sure, we as parents need to bear some responsibility for teaching life skills like cooking, but when dual-income houses are the default…
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Jan 20
Absolute storybook season for the Hoosiers. Wow!
National Champions, whodathunkit?!?
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Jan 20
…and they just straight up ignored an obvious late hit out of bounds.
Jan 20
This is not a complaint: This officiating crew is a snap or two away from rolling pipes onto the field and telling them to settle it like men.
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Jan 20
There’s a pretty wide gulf between “let them play” and whatever this mess is.
Just blatant the number of holding and PI calls being ignored, to say nothing of the shots on Mendoza in the first half.
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Jan 20
The officials in this game should never work another meaningful game ever. Miami has been allowed to straight up mug Indiana the entire game.
Jan 20
Miami got away with a huge hold uncalled on that Fletcher run
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Jan 13
Oh… maybe Houston will win by 49 before it’s all said and done with, after all.
Jan 13
If it weren’t for the turnovers, it feels like Pittsburgh would be down by about 40.
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Jan 13
I think it’s both, honestly. The Houston defense is insane, and the home team’s offense is putrid.
Jan 13
I don’t know if the Steelers offense deserves the boos.
You can tell when an offense is playing like crap. That’s not what’s happening here. This is a defense playing at ridiculous level. They close on the ball SO fast.
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Jan 13
That Houston defensive score should do it; no way this Steelers offense comes back from a two-score deficit.
Jan 13
If it weren’t for the turnovers, it feels like Pittsburgh would be down by about 40.
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If it weren’t for the turnovers, it feels like Pittsburgh would be down by about 40.
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Jan 11
Our daughter attended a friend’s Bat Mitzvah, and as we passed through security to enter a stoutly-fenced compound, it struck me… never have I attended a place of worship that needed such protection.
God bless our Jewish friends for their strength in the face of such hatred.
Jan 11
MIssissippi's largest synagogue destroyed in an arson attack on the Sabbath. The fact this isn't the biggest story of the morning, or the day so far, should tell you just how normalized anti-Semitic action is becoming.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01…
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Jan 5
Beautiful. The only thing sweeter than seeing the Steelers win the division is seeing them eliminate the Ravens.
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