AG BILL'S ON HOLD--Rep.Rose Vesper, R-New Richmond, Chairperson of the Agriculture and Development Subcommittee, gestures as she states that legislation that would give the Agriculture Dept. control over mega-farms will not leave committee until after the Nov. election, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

BUGGED BY FARM BILL--Robert Bear, of Marselles, holds a large fly during a rally against legislation that would turn mega-farm oversight over to the Dept. of Agriculture, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000. The OEPA now oversee's the mega-farms. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)