Dairymen, the VFD is on its way
The new Veterinary Feed Directive will take effect on Jan. 1, 2017, to help insure the judicious use of antimicrobials. Here's what you need to know.
Silverplated oil lamps still light up lamp lovers
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the silverplated oil lamps fashionable in the late 1800s.
Goodbye to 2021’s high profits; hello to 2022’s high costs
Alan Guebert explains why this year's wild and crazy ride in the grain markets has set the stage for a more normal 2022 in terms of grain prices.
Conservation Reserve Program has benefits
Hello again!It seems as though "going green" is all the rage. More and more people are looking for environmentally friendly, sustainable and all natural...
Our need for routines and patterns is just natural
As much as Julie Geiss enjoys summer, she embraces the impending seasonal change for the promise of a return to the comfort of routines.
Keeping children busy keeps them out of trouble
Learning while accomplishing big things is a powerful combination that builds self-esteem, as well as awareness beyond one's self.
Lobbying and money and the Hill
In Washington, D.C. the week of April 10, ag-related and ag-dependent groups overran Congressional offices and government agencies in waves of annual “fly-ins.”
Swiper, no swiping
Kymberly Foster Seabolt details her recent run-in with a scammer who skimmed her credit card information.
Grazing can improve milk quality
Grazing cows produce milk with more favorable characteristics from a human health perspective than do cows on silage or high concentrate diets. That is the message that Dr. Anjo Elgersma shared with a group of dairy producers from the Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council and in Wisconsin in late October last year.
Pity the poor, misunderstood grain market speculator
The grain market needs speculators, but they are fickle. They will set a price to take a profit and liquidate. If there are a lot of them following some trading company's advice, the market can be adversely affected in a short time. They may even reverse positions, putting huge pressure on the market.
