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The harder anyone scratches the Central American Free Trade Agreement pushed by the White House, the worse the smell in American agriculture gets.

Throughout the history of mankind, stories of war have forever been a part of the landscape. Stories of amazing survival and incredibly staggering deaths in massive numbers, faced with courage, have been woven through the fabric of our history.

So, the entire world is up in arms because Danica Patrick, a female driver, placed fourth at the Indy 500 recently.

After Flag Day and Father's Day, we're headed fast toward the heart of summer. How do we fit all those special times that can best be enjoyed on a summer day into the limited weekends on our calender? Inevitably, events coincide and choices must be made.

Would you trade places with your cows - especially on a 90-degree and humid day? If your cows are in a well-ventilated barn with fans properly spaced and maintained, you might.

After a sip of (Brazilian) orange juice and a nibble of bacon (from a market hog farrowed in Canada), U.

It has been said that of all the things available to human beings, the land of our Earth is one thing that is taken far too much for granted.

As a mother, I want a lot for my children. I want them to be happy, to cure cancer, to be compassionate and well-loved individuals, and to marry into Bill Gates' millions.

It's time, again, to ask my daughters if they have a gift in mind for their dad for this Sunday and if we need to rush out at the last minute to shop? Although we all know deep down that allowing ourselves to be entrapped by society's marketing routines is our own choice, we also know we would feel slightly guilty if we didn't step somewhere within the seasonal shopping loop.

You know you're far off the reality map when the American Farm Bureau's former president, Iowan Dean Kleckner, publicly praises the Humane Society of the United States for its support of Central American Free Trade Agreement.