Dairy Excel: Websites can be valuable resources for producers
What a difference a year has made. Last year we were in the middle of one of the nicest spring planting seasons on record. Now, this year's spring is making a run for the record books as one of our all time worst springs.
Think About It: Perfect Peace
It is amazing how many people I talk to along the way of life that are looking for “peace.” About the time we think things are getting better, we tune in to the daily news and find out differently. All the things that are going on around our world seem to be filled with bad news.
Life Out Loud: Where does the time go?
The graduate. She has deep blue eyes, a gorgeous smile, and her senior class superlative is “prettiest hair.” That makes sense. She does have the prettiest hair. It’s a gorgeous shade of deep, natural red. This was true even when she was mostly bald and later, briefly, when it all sort of fluffed around her head like a vibrant dandelion puff.
Genetic change has always played a critical role in agriculture
College campuses never lack for opinion. Regardless of the subject, if you search hard enough, you're certain to find a slant.
Red-crested tree rat is a surprise, species apparently not extinct
It hardly seems possible that in 2011 new species of vertebrates continue to be discovered or rediscovered.
And I'm not sure which is more exciting...
The Neys have it: Hay tools invented in Canton
There were two different Ney companies in Canton in the late 1800s and early 1900s, both making hay tools such as barn hay forks, carriers and track.
Envirothons challenge students to think about environment in new ways
Many soil and water conservation offices have been busy working with high school students who compete in the area Envirothons. For those unfamiliar with...
Let’s feed ourselves vegetables, too
Squeeze almost any official of almost any agbiz or farm group and the words “Feed the world” will cross their lips. The phrase is...
Success… at the end of a rope halter
They are barely able to walk and yet they pick up the end of rope halter and make their first debut in the show...
FSA built to support farmers and continues to do so
Hello Again!Do you remember the Great Depression with its Black Tuesday in 1929? Or did you experience the dust bowl and see the cloud...
