Farm stress: Your today will define tomorrow
Even on the most difficult days, farmers need to step up to the plate believing that what they do matters, because it does. That belief, that optimism, and even a little forced enthusiasm will be enough to lift you.
U.S. needs to produce, not just consume
Editor:More credit is not the answer to America's economic problem. Consuming beyond our means is what created our dilemma. Thirty years ago, I worked...
When will you tire of the other voices and speak out for agriculture?
The horn of plenty needs tooting. And you are obligated to do some of it.
Prisons are overcrowded, not efficient
Editor,I am a Farm and Dairy subscriber and an inmate in federal prison. There was an article in your Jan. 22 issue titled "Millions...
I guess I’ll have to send myself flowers
My husband and I don't take much stock in Valentine's Day cards and such. One year, I shamed him into getting me a heart-shaped...
Conditions of the heart
Editor:When we stop and think about it, the conditions of our heart are determined by the experiences we encounter throughout our life span. Songs,...
We all need ag diversity training
We cannot be so narrow-minded to think that there is only one way to be successful, to be sustainable, in farming today.
People need jobs
Editor:A federally funded work program is needed to put unemployed to work. Employers should register employees needed with job descriptions and skills required with...
Knee jerks and collateral damage
Biotechnology can feed the world, save lives, protect the environment, and improve human and animal health and welfare.
Look around you. Yep, life is good
National Cattlemen's Beef Association president-elect Gary Voogt (he takes office Jan. 24) made some good, salt-of-the-earth comments at last weekend's annual meeting of the...
