What is up with my vertical spacing?

Question

I can't figure out why my vertical spacing in my left side column is off. No matter what I do, all the elements want to spread themselves and I want them to be towards the top. I'd appreciate it if someone could look at this site for me and maybe offer some insight as to what I'm doing wrong here. The URL is http://www.agrabest.com. The index page is not as much of a problem as the subsequent pages, simply because of the page length, I believe. Thanks so much for any help!

Answer 1

I have recreted a table for you that contains the content from you broccoli page as an example  You do not need a table cell to cneter protions of an individual cell - you can use a di, in this case with a class="ctr", and add this to yoru css :
.ctr {
    text-align: center;
I have not attempted to do this precisely matching yorus.  But it does let you see how to do this without nexting lots of tables or using lots of table cells:
<table  width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
              <td valign="top"><img src="images/popatoplogo.jpg" width="164" height="184">
                <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
      <li><a href="harvester.html">Broccoli Floret Harvester</a></li>
      <li><a href="3-in-1_unit.html">3-in-1 Online Unit</a></li>
      <li><a href="broccoli_online_unit.html">Broccoli Online Floret Unit</a></li>
      <li><a href="cauliflower_online_unit.html">Cauliflower Online Floret Unit</a></li>
      <li><a href="clients.html">Satisfied Clients</a></li>
      <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
    </ul> 
     <div class="ctr">
                  <p>Dealer inquiries from<br>
                  all countries welcome!                    </p>
                  <p class="style1">Agra-Best, LLC<br>
                    P.O. Box 1854<br>
                  Bakersfield, CA 93303</p>
                  <p class="style1">David Vargas<br>
                    661.477.3663<br>
                  <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>
                  <p class="style1">Keith Randall<br>
                    661.243.6421<br>
              <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>    </p>          </div></td>
              <td width="6" bgcolor="#254925"> </td>
              <td valign="top"><h2><span class="style2">Broccoli &amp; Cauliflower Floretting Field Harvesting Machine</span></h2><img src="images/harvester.jpg" width="575" height="259">
              <p>This machine uses a developed &quot;cutting edge&quot; technology to deliver cutting consistency and convenience while minimizing the need for hand labor.</p>
                <ul>
                  <li>Designed for a large variety of broccoli and cauliflower types and dimensions.</li>
                  <li>Harvester has the capacity of floretting 52-60 units per minute, or 900 to 1200 lbs per hour with a single-row harvester; 672 units per minute and up to 10,000 lbs per hour with a 12-row harvester.</li>
                  <li>Reduces labor by 60% over hand harvesting!</li>
                  <li>Core waste materials are automatically fed out of the harvester.</li>
                  <li>Harvesters are custom built to your needs (1 to 12 rows) and are 100% stainless steel construction.</li>
                </ul>
                <div class="ctr">
                  <p>Click here to download printable brochure.</p>
                  Harvester Video<br>
                  <object width="425" height="344">
                  <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EciURvL15Zw&hl=en&fs=1">
                  </param>
                  <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
                  </param>
                  <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
                  </param>
                  <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EciURvL15Zw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed>
                  </object>
              </div></td>
            </tr>
          </table>
Hope that helps.
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