Ready for the manure chronicles?
The caller identified himself as a reporter with the Canton Repository. He was doing a story on two dairy farms that are taking part in a pilot program for onfarm manure treatment, kind of like a municipal sewage treatment plant.
Postal system: Bring my mail before you get another raise
Editor: Our postal system is again asking for another raise. This isn't right. Why should they get a raise when ?the system' is not doing its job? Within the past year, I know of three pieces of information-sensitive mail that I never received.
Save excuses for daylight saving time
Lately, I have been late for everything and I just know daylight-saving time is to blame. OK, Heimlich yourselves.
Good Luck, Thrifty Prom Goers
I'm in the thrift shop business as one of my part-time jobs, so I'm always interested and amazed at the attractive attire a person can find by shopping at second-hand stores.
Make your dairy a no-fly zone
Not too many things are more annoying in the summer than trying to work and getting bothered by flies.
Weed science requires good defense
Well, it never fails. We go out there with the perfect plans and plant the perfect pasture. In no time at all, undesirable plants find a way to grow with our crop.
Ethanol is more free trade Kool-Aid
Giddy. Everything ethanol touches seems to get giddy on either the grain alcohol's future or its fumes.
Fun didn’t always require an outlet
There is just nothing like a mid-winter party to lift the spirits. Yesterday, our home was filled with lots of great kids and the wonderful laughter and fun that comes along with a gathering.
If you want to celebrate Ag Day …
National Agriculture Day occurs every year on the first day of spring, which fell this year on March 21.
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.
