Pillow talk: In pursuit of bedded bliss
I had no idea so much was riding on my mattress.
That is, until the down comforter on our bed sprang a leak.
A Tale of Tapioca: Daddy’s Little Deception
Miffed and mildly embarrassed, my high school senior, Jo, admitted one more time to friends at school that, as a little girl, her dad told her that tapioca was fish eggs.
Big GOP win: Tough ag fights ahead
Just before midnight Nov. 2, the empty Guinness cans in my kitchen sink rattled.
Two (of the three; there would be more later) fell.
Listening is more than just hearing
"You often think that if you listen to what other people or situations require, you are being passive, even subordinate.
Foodservice giant: Save the farmers
When Rick Schnieders was 10, his first job was bagging potatoes at his father's small grocery store in Iowa.
Why you need a chief financial officer
Financial management of dairy farms is one of the biggest challenges of today's managers.
Like raising heifers and spreading manure on the far-away fields, financial management often gets relegated to the bottom of the to-do list.
Rabobank isn’t out for the count
Just as the noisy presidential campaign reached its October crescendo, the biggest, most bitter issue in farm country - Rabobank's bid to buy Omaha's Farm Credit Services of America (FCSA) - skidded to a quiet end.
We’re gonna need a big combine
There is nothing quite so delightful as a child at play, imagination at full mast, evoking our own childhood past.
Renegade ATV riders just plain slobs
Growing up, my sister Carol and I turned just about every corner of our parents' 98 acres into our own personal playhouse.
Daylight saved is daylight earned
Ask any three adults you know, I'm talking even the brilliant, highly educated ones. The ones who can't even match their shoes or tuck in their shirts, they are that smart.
