Reader letter defends farmers and soil as tool
A letter responding to a Dec. 16 editorial argues farmers must balance land care with short term needs to feed America. The writer asserts constitutional rights for landowners, stresses farmers feed the nation, and urges understanding of soil as a tool to be nurtured within economic pressures.
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The Many Ways We Help Our Neighbors This Christmas
This piece urges community aid through SSI and other programs to support the elderly and disabled, emphasizing volunteer efforts and private charity. It calls readers to act as “elves,” helping neighbors qualify for SSI and understanding soil stewardship, education, and farmers' responsibilities in America.
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Virginia
Cattle ghettos defacing rural beauty letter
Readers vent about feedlots with cows in mud up to their knees near Wisconsin farms. They contrast these conditions with pastoral images, urge humane farming, and praise farmers’ efforts, closing with submission details for The Country Today letters page.
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Farm Credit Services blamed for poor help on farm sale
A reader recounts hardships with Farm Credit Services after buying a Black River Falls farm. Renters remained in the barn and cattle arrival timing clashed with April 2 plans. The couple says FCS did not cooperate, instead dealing with renters, prompting repayment and a vow not to reuse FCS.
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Kenosha
Black River Falls
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