Trading stamps were more than currency for some
Anyone remember Green Stamps? Or Plaid stamps, Top Value stamps, or several other less popular ones?Trade stamps, in various denominations and amounts depending upon...
Shooting simulator shows difficulty in training
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — In a soldier’s trained hands an automatic weapon looks right. It is powerful, fast, and reliable. But in my...
Hazlett: Be Content
BE CONTENTI well remember when I was in my youth my father telling me that I needed to learn to be content. As time...
I’ll never forget you … maybe
You know that moment when you maybe, sort of, forget to pick up your child from soccer practice, and maybe do that two days...
Wheat straw harvest yielded best gift
Judith has some fond memories of her childhood.
Dry summer is a reminder to plan for the worst, be thankful for rain
,My, how things change.It seems like just the other day (it was actually about Christmas time), I was writing an article about all the...
What will kick Congress into gear?
Alan Guebert takes Washington to task on the 2012 Farm Bill.
CRP land could provide some much-needed hay relief
Hello Again,Gorgeous sunshine and high temperatures are not what local farmers are hoping for. They are nice if you are at the beach but...
Dry summer is a reminder to plan for worst, be thankful for rain
,As I sit here today thinking about what to write ... I look out my office window to the brown grass. That's when it...
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy– about conservation programs
Hello Again!Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture began sign up for the Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the...
