Imagine: McCormick-Deere instead of McCormick-Deering
When the farm implement giant, International Harvester Company, was formed in 1902 by the merger of the McCormick, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano and Champion harvester lines, it immediately gave the new firm about 90 percent of the binder and 80 percent of the mower production in the U.S.
If Houses Could Talk
One of my grandfather's favorite songs many years ago was the song, This Old House by Stuart Hamblin. He especially liked the words and he said they reminded him of his own life.
I admit it, I’m a slacker mom
It is far too soon for me to be waxing rhapsodic about a successful parenting journey. My children are still young(ish). I don't like...
The good old farmboy network
Most folks are familiar with the Good old boy network, a loose collection of family and friends that can be tapped for personal or business needs. Few, however, know that agriculture has it own network, the good old farmboy network.
Cats can impact more than the farm
Cats of every color and every possible temperament have long been a part of just about any farm I have ever set foot on, and most can agree that they are good to have around if they are capable hunters.
A tale of three hunters and their owner
Meet four kindred spirits: Georgia, Gabby, Ike and Rick. Georgia is five years young, spunky and quick, friendly one minute, aloof the next, a...
Would you open your barn doors?
If we don't tell the public about agriculture, who will? You know who will. So are you ready to start talking yet?
Iowa State may want shy from African lands
It’s hard to see Iowa State University’s key role in a plan by one of its top officials to develop an 800,000-acre farm in...
Information for selecting forages for reseeding hay fields and pastures
This is the time of year to evaluate your hay and pasture fields to determine if they need to be reseeded. First and foremost, you need to make sure the pH and fertility is adequate for the forages you want to plant. If it is not, the new seeding could germinate then die or never produce to its potential.
Practicing the art of apology
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."
Cute rhyme, but full of lies. Words do hurt. Deeply. I'll go as far as to say that words can hurt, and scar, long after physical wounds have healed.
