Strap in, if you’re riding the e-wave
I can't open the mail, or another farm publication, or my e-mail without reading the word "ethanol." We're riding the e-wave right now, bobbing along on high corn prices and floating on renewable energy currents from Washington.
There’s nothing quite like a snow day
I couldn't help but laugh one day last week when a high school girl told me she was praying for a snow day just in time for semester exams.
Weather changes affect calf demands
We'll go on the assumption that by press time, our weather will change dramatically. In other words, it will stop raining, the grass will stop greening up, and the temperature will drop below 30 F and stay there.
Scramble at Seven-Thirty
I was up all night New Year's Eve. I've heard you can never really catch up on sleep. A few mornings into the year, I sprang up in bed and blinked in disbelief at the digital clock on the television across the room.
The missing word rule applies here
A college friend once noted that everyone is missing one word from their personal vocabulary. "My missing word is modesty," he pronounced.
Setting your 2007 farm budget by the numbers
Lower fuel and nitrogen prices in the last half of 2006 have signaled trends that should hold throughout 2007. The outlook numbers laid out...
Farmers shouldn’t confuse concerned people with radicals
Editor:
I recently read the article about the Wayne County hog farmer accused of animal abuse (Hog farm investigated for abuse, Dec. 21, 2006). I...
The New HamThe New Hampshire ‘pay per view’
We've looked out our back windows and watched a bobcat prowl the edge of our woods. We've watched deer and wild turkeys.
Singing praises of English Shepherds
I have been surprised by the feedback I have received from last week's column regarding the decades-old murder of two brothers and their ever-watchful English Shepherd.
When it rains, it pours: N’ahli R.I.P.
(Editor's note: In the Jan. 4 column, Boardman Police Officer Kim Kotheimer was incorrectly referred to as "Jim" in one sentence.
