What’s really going on?: Farms still don’t have good records
I have taught the benefits of current, accurate farm financial and production records since I started working with dairy management students at the Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in 1974.
A distinguished fellow gets shuffled
In the big, slow move this past summer from the big, painted house in town, my worn copy of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac went missing.
An extraordinary autumn gears up
Hasn't autumn been extraordinary this year? November blew in, and each day so far has been as mild as a day in May.
OK, so celebrity parents are perfect
As if we needed further proof that celebrities are, in fact, pure evil, we have Gwyneth Paltrow nattering on in a recent issue of The British Mirror: "(Having a baby) changed the way I see the world,'' she told a reporter.
Just stick a pen between your teeth
Feeling the chill of dreary fall mornings makes it hard to come out from under bedcovers and get a move on.
Good managers communicate well
Maybe you consider yourself a good employer. Maybe your employees believe so. Or, maybe not. If you have had difficulty managing employees, it may be useful to learn some things you can do to become a better employer.
He is farm policy’s pain in the neck
If you're a conventional farm policy person - as most farm leaders and members of Congress are - Daryll Ray is becoming your biggest pain in the neck.
Enjoy the moment before it’s gone
So many things in this world keep right on changing, but one thing remains constant. We will age, some gracefully, some fighting the inevitable every step of the way.
Protecting at-risk farm children
I tuck my two teenage children in bed several nights a week. At least I go into their bedrooms and pretend I can't see the "Oh Mom!" roll of the eyes as I sit on their beds.
Clowning around has its rewards
How does that old song go? Send in the clowns
