It’s time to put exports 6 feet under
While most farmers and ranchers spent February focused on rising futures and cash grain prices, the U.
The boogeyman gets a warm reception
When I was somewhere around 10, if you had asked me to describe the milk inspector who paid surprise visits to our family dairy farm, I know, at least in part, what I would have told you.
March musings recall march of time
March is certainly being March, at least in my area, where there is great bluster with huffing and puffing and white-outs one minute, benign sunshine the next.
Identifying crisis caused by caller ID
Imagine my surprise to discover that I don't know how to answer my phone anymore. This is mainly because there is no surprise.
School Project Syndrome
One would think that amid the tumultuous clutter my family saves, we could find needed materials when school projects roll around.
Transparent purses have clear issues
Well, it's official. The terrorists have won. In a move that began as a response to an industry-wide airline ban on carrying liquids and other concealed weapons such as waterproof eyeliner and a to-die-for shade of lipstick in anything more than a clear, zip-lock bag, designers have rolled out the newest "trend" to torture us with: transparent purses.
Clicking Our Clocks
As for March weather, we should expect the unexpected. When I drive to Salem to the Farm and Dairy offices, I look forward to the sign at Mason's Steak House which cheerfully states that there are less than 20 days till spring.
Tips ensure frost seeding successes
Frost seeding of legumes in February and early March can be used to improve pasture quality and yield.
Planting report doesn’t have a clue
Regardless if March arrives with a lion's roar or a lamb's bleat, grain and livestock markets will spend each of its days sweating over the U.
Spring: The milk inspector is coming
For farm families, spring cleaning takes on an entirely different meaning than it does for most people.
