I’m having a senior moment
Sometimes the strength of a true leader is to be humble. Columnist Kym Seabolt has watched her shy little boy grow into a young man that other men look up to. 'His senior year, we celebrate that.'
Ask FSA Andy about marketing assistance loans
Corn, soybeans, and wheat are just a few of the crops available for a program called Marketing Assistance Loans.
What was making news in America in 1939
October 1939: Poland was desperately fighting the German Wehrmacht in the west and the Red Army in the east, vestiges of the Great Depression lingered in this country, FDR was well into his 2nd term as President and your author was in his second month of 1st grade at Court School, a one-roomed frame building in western Pennsylvania.
Tweet, tweet: It’s the sound farmers are hearing through the USA
According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, this year's 36 percent fall in net farm income is the biggest drop since the bad year of 1983.
Time for a checkup: Corn silage quality may be highly variable this year
So for the feeding program on the farm, it's the time of the year when we need to do a checkup on the corn silage.
Crafty crows are smarter than we think
Several times each year I'm pleasantly surprised when I get a letter or email from a reader asking how to attract more crows. Such letters make me smile.
Prevention is key: Take steps to winterize boats
Sorry guys and gals, but we are just hours away from the kind of cold weather that can damage outboard and I/O power boats. Act soon or face the consequences next spring.
The tragedy of farm accidents hits home
Farm accidents hit home for rural families.
Wheat offers important benefits as ground cover
Now that we are moving into fall harvest it's time to make the decision of which fields will get winter wheat planted.
Better farm management in 30 seconds
Too many farms don’t have reliable systems in place to capture numbers that can help their bottom line. And sometimes, all it takes to track those numbers are 30 seconds, says OSU Extension Specialist Dianne Shoemaker.
