Farmers, embrace your link in the food chain
Farmers need to embrace their new/old role in the food chain, engage with eaters everywhere through outreach and education. We should "own" the food issue.
Great Lakes offers great opportunities for anglers in 2011
It will be interesting to see what the Great Lakes offer fishermen during the coming months. If last summer serves as a predictor, there...
Cowabunga, Dude! Time management
It is that time of the year when we reflect on “Wow, where did 2010 go?” or begin to make resolutions or set goals...
Worrying won’t solve life’s problems
With age comes wisdom, but with wisdom comes the realization of concerns that never occur to a person during the bliss of youth. When...
Let there be light in the pork markets
A Dec. 28, 2010, Wall Street Journal story laments the “near-halt” of pork belly trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Bellies were “once among...
2011: New Year brings new reading possibilities
As we head into a new year, nothing beats a good book by the wood stove on a cold winter night. Here are some...
Producers should apply for LDPs for wool, mohair
Hello again,Did you see those two crazy women at the mall pulling the door handles off of that salt-covered gray Blazer? Did you see...
Packing away holiday memories
I admit it. I love Christmas. I'm not jaded, exhausted or "relieved that it's over." There is no bah humbug here. I'm in no...
Reflections on 2010, hopes for 2011
As I sit here in front of my computer, my fingers hovering over the keys impatiently waiting for my brain to come up with...
Grain markets: Hesitation in corn uptrend?
Sell everything you own or have nerve to sell ahead in the next two weeks!
