China sees woe, US ag sees red
Three weeks into calendar year 2016, however, key elements in China's economy -- its wildly speculative stock markets, less-than-transparent currency, sagging heavy industries -- have gone boom.
Enjoying the quietest month
January and cold weather has a slowing effect on us all.
‘I decree’: Farm policy by fiat
It’s hard, messy work to make U.S. farm and food policy. But last minute, quick decision on farm policy is not the answer.
Oh, the mail we get
Letters, telephone calls, and emails from Maryland to Montana arrived daily to comment and question, debate and deflate.
A Christmas awakening
More than 40 Christmas Nights later, I have not forgotten two calves named Mary and Joseph and Howard’s priceless gift of simple giving.
On the road: New York City
If farming and ranching is really about food, then farmers and ranchers should be at the forefront of New Food, not in the lead ranks of the Old Guard.
Do mosquitos matter: Is genetic research a good or bad thing?
A powerful new gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 is big news in the animal and plant agriculture world.
Never heard of CRISPR? You will
Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture.
My best Thanksgiving choice
Forty years ago, 1975, a relatively mild central Illinois fall ended with a sledgehammer of a snowstorm the night before Thanksgiving. I remember it well because, as both a student and farmhand at the University of Illinois that year, I spent Thanksgiving Day milking Holsteins and pushing snow off the cow lots.
Co-ops like CHS at tipping point
Ag co-op giant, CHS Inc. says it needs to update bylaws to ensure locals “operate on a cooperative basis or be an organization primarily owned and controlled by a member cooperative."
