In the 1980s, the one-hit-wonder band Rockwell rocked the charts with the song, [I Always Feel Like] Somebody’s Watching Me. Turns out the band was right.

What you never read in the mainstream press.

What would happen in farms adopted PepsiCo’s strategy of “performance with purpose?”

“I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you’re on it.” — Johnny Depp
I had a strange dream the other night, right before I woke up, which is probably the only reason why I remember it. I usually don’t dream, or if I do, I don’t remember them, nor hold stock in […]

Guest Commentary
By George Chambers
BILLINGS, Mont. — My parents, wife and I are the fifth- and sixth-generation owners of 27 Cattle Co., in Carrollton, Ga. Our young son will hopefully become the seventh. This is not inevitable.
Unless we restore the opportunity for profitability in our cattle industry, our son will likely choose a different career. It […]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many headlines about farming and food prices. “Food crisis,” declares a Washington Post editorial. “Why are global food prices soaring?” asks the online magazine Slate. And “Grains gone wild” is the title of Paul Krugman’s April 7 opinion piece in the New York Times.
At the same time, just […]

My first few years at Farm and Dairy, when I entered the building from the rear, I had to walk by two mammoth Linotype machines. As its name suggests, it was used to produce a solid “line of type”, and that’s how newspapers were created for generations until more modern typographic machines were built.
My first […]

Around Farm and Dairy, it pays to listen to Rilla Gruber

What’s up with the farm bill? Why is it taking so long to finalize? Why is the president threatening to veto it?

At last week’s retirement open house for Jefferson County Extension Director Ken Simeral, OSU Extension retiree Joe Pittman observed, “I’ve always said there are good agents, there are average agents and there are those who should be working someplace else.