A trip with Laura Ingalls Wilder
While many are familiar with The Little House on The Prairie tales from Laura Ingalls Wilder, many have never read the diary she kept while traveling from South Dakota to Mansfield, Mo.
Green Acres Welcome Wagon at your service
I have recently received a fair amount of mail asking me if I have, and I quote, "always lived in the country?" What a silly question.
Nature’s Art Magnified
This January's unseasonably warm weather left our snow shovel resting by the back door. It's great, because unless I'm pulling a sled back up the hill below the farmhouse at Dad's, I don't much like tramping through the white stuff, scraping off my vehicles, or driving on slick roads.
Dairy industry needs to brag a little
Don't brag about yourself, what you do or what you have accomplished.
While this is surely a directive in some weighty volume of proper behavior, the referenced behavior is that of individuals - not the necessary behavior of a vital, exciting, important industry.
Dairy industry needs to brag a little
Don't brag about yourself, what you do or what you have accomplished.
While this is surely a directive in some weighty volume of proper behavior, the referenced behavior is that of individuals - not the necessary behavior of a vital, exciting, important industry.
USDA’s mad cow circus: Act II
After spending the last four years marrying the U.S. cattle market to Canada's cattle market - the new family's name is "the integrated North American beef market" - the USDA is now saddled with its handiwork.
Remembering cowboy commandments and glowing campfire perfection
Remember the good old days of the cowboy commandments?
It seems like such a long time ago when every child wanted to be a cowboy who stood up for all that was good, honorable and right.
We just thought you should know
A lot of information crosses our doorstep. Some we publish; some we pitch. Some we file for future reference, never sure what or when might make us dig into that folder.
Discoveries and Apologies
Cleaning and reorganization strategies abound with the new year. Falling in with this trend, editor Susan and I cleared out a small area below the computer desk that I use on my days at the Farm and Dairy offices.
USDA’s ‘mad cow’ circus act
The only thing worse than the USDA's timing in the announcement of new rules to permit Canadian live cattle and cow beef imports into the U.
