Court opens manure plans to public
A Feb. 28 decision that affects agriculture has been largely overshadowed by other news. But farms need to know about it.
All in the name of economic gain
No two words chill a landowner's soul like the words "eminent domain."
The concept of eminent domain is the right of a government to take private property for public use, like a road.
You’ve already paid for food on table
I bought a new vehicle last week to appease my husband.
I wanted to drive my car until it dropped. After all, it only had 103,000 miles on it.
We just thought you should know
A lot of information crosses our doorstep. Some we publish; some we pitch. Some we file for future reference, never sure what or when might make us dig into that folder.
He’ll always be ‘Mr. Darling’ to me
His eyes were intense, piercing almost. And I was more than a little intimidated when he stepped into the office where then Editor Tim Reeves was interviewing me for a staff reporter position.
Time to toughen ruminant feed ban
Fact: Rendered protein products that contain specified risk materials from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are the main source of mad cow disease, if other cattle eat those materials.
All I want for Christmas is a book
I crawled under the covers and hoped Keith would ignore the ice cube toes I inched closer to his leg.
Biggest challenge isn’t ag-related
When mad cow test alerts hit the airwaves, Dusty and Cheryl Sonnenberg were worried they wouldn't be able to market their dairy beef products.
Moral values extend beyond exit poll
The surprise came from two words cropping up in the exit poll reports. Moral values. The election was hinging on moral values.
Foodservice giant: Save the farmers
When Rick Schnieders was 10, his first job was bagging potatoes at his father's small grocery store in Iowa.
