His eyes were intense, piercing almost. And I was more than a little intimidated when he stepped into the office where then Editor Tim Reeves was interviewing me for a staff reporter position.

Fact: Rendered protein products that contain specified risk materials from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are the main source of mad cow disease, if other cattle eat those materials.

I crawled under the covers and hoped Keith would ignore the ice cube toes I inched closer to his leg.

When mad cow test alerts hit the airwaves, Dusty and Cheryl Sonnenberg were worried they wouldn’t be able to market their dairy beef products.

The surprise came from two words cropping up in the exit poll reports. Moral values. The election was hinging on moral values.

When Rick Schnieders was 10, his first job was bagging potatoes at his father’s small grocery store in Iowa.

Growing up, my sister Carol and I turned just about every corner of our parents’ 98 acres into our own personal playhouse.

It’s been more than three years since Sept. 11, 2001. And each day, our focus on that horrendous tragedy blurs.

Made in America. We’ve all known for a long time that the U.S. consumer is two-faced.
We say we want to support local produce growers but, golly, those Wal-Mart green peppers are cheaper.

Does it matter to farmers who wins in November?
We’d know more if we knew where they stood on the farm issues.