Friday, December 5, 2025

It's been more than three years since Sept. 11, 2001. And each day, our focus on that horrendous tragedy blurs.

Farmers often harbor insecurities when plopped in a room with bankers or small business owners or lawyers. Too often, farmers feel like they don't belong in that crowd, like their chosen profession is somehow less important or worthy than the others'. They couldn't be more wrong.

(Editor's note: I wrote this column in July 2003. Re-reading it this week, it seemed like an appropriate piece to reprint.

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see - and be willing to voice - a problem. Mark Partridge, the

Remember the 1992 presidential campaign that pitted Bill Clinton against Bush the Elder? It gave us that wonderfully pithy saying, "It's the economy, stupid!"

Last September when I solicited responses to the question "What I learned on my first job", one of the people I contacted was Pike...
Young farm couple

Farm and Dairy's "Young and Farming" series is one way we can support these young farmers, and share their joys and struggles, says Editor Susan Crowell.