Black squirrels can create identification problem
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, everyone knows squirrels. “Squirrels,” however, is a generic term. I use it here to refer to game species —...
Versatile has come a long way — in price and size
Sometime around 1941, the Moore & Townsend partnership (my father and my uncle) bought a used Farmall F-30 tractor to replace an old McCormick-Deering...
Sometimes you should just say no
When my children started preschool I wanted to be involved. Being new to the community and eager to crack the code that would grant...
World population is essential part of food production discussion
Our good friends at Progressive Farmer magazine fill 15 pages of their September issue with a well-researched, well-written “special report” on “Feeding the World.”...
Life can hold a variety of surprises
Sometimes the heart makes our path in life.
Producers can work on creating value
America can do more to expand the dairy export markets.
Grain markets in middle of ugly, inevitable transition into the new crop
As corn prices have gone down, it has felt at times like we have left the slide completely and will fall to our financial deaths.
Tennessee approves first sandhill crane hunt
Recently Tennessee’s Fish & Wildlife Commission approved the state’s first modern day sandhill crane hunt. It will run from Nov. 28 through Jan. 1.
A...
Finding my focus
I took the standard boatload of back to school photos of my children this year. There are the requisite posed photos on the rock...
For an “agricultural” fair, head to Wayne County Sept. 7-12
Hello again,
Ohio County fairs are winding down, but one still on the horizon is the Wayne County Fair in Wooster (Sept. 7-12).
Wayne County is...