Cotton ruling is blow to exports
You don't own any cattle, so the court-clouded Canadian beef import rule doesn't affect you, right?
Likewise, you don't make fructose, raise sugar beets or grow cotton so all that mumbo-jumbo about NAFTA, CAFTA, TRIPS and the WTO is better left to those smart trade-talkers in Washington, Brussels and Geneva.
Lessons change over the years
As time marches on, the changing of seasons remains the same, but little else has been untouched by the progression of time.
Social Security apathy big problem
The whole Social Security reform issue is:
a) confusing, so I tune it out
b) political, so I tune it out
c) someone else's problem
d) all of the above
e) there's a problem?
At times, I'm afraid, we all feel like selecting any one of these options.
What’s the name? Bond … Dog Bond
It was a rough night in the Seabolt household, as our two dogs - a German shepherd (Ace) and his partner in crime, a relatively inert ottoman of a dog (Jagger) - decided at around 4 a.
Fairy faux pas
I am not a morning person. In the morning, if forced to get up at all, I prefer nothing more than silence, and a cup of coffee as big as my head.
My Special Easter Spot
Familiar moments float to the surface of my memory pool at Easter time. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying leisure time with the Sunday comics, but I believe my fondness for the funnies traces back to the Easter mornings I spent with Dallas Clapsadle.
Workers’ comp: The questions you don’t ask could have costly answers
I am the first to admit that sometimes I make a mess of things. I try to teach my kids that the best reaction is to 'fess up, take responsibility, fix what I can, learn from my mistakes and move on.
Free trade won’t feed the world
The first hint of spring brings big iron and big irony to the winter-rested Illinois prairie.
The best trick pony: Horse-on-a-stick
I remember as a child being obsessed with horses and the cowboy life. It consumed our play, it invaded our dreams.
Will good farms pass the baton?
Last week, a busload of Pennsylvania farmers visited three dairy farms in eastern Ohio as part of a dairy profitability tour.
