Sunday, May 10, 2026

Managing dairy heifer calves is right up there with dairy farm finances in my book. There is no future dairy business without either one of them.

Once, while researching the amount of grain the USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. had in storage, I hit the brick-solid bureaucratic wall of silence.

"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

First, let me state for the record that no dogs were harmed in the making of this column. Primarily because those little buggers are fast and really hard to catch.

As we celebrate our freedom on the Fourth, let's reminisce via the wartime correspondence I dug out of Dad's cedar chest

The harder anyone scratches the Central American Free Trade Agreement pushed by the White House, the worse the smell in American agriculture gets.

Throughout the history of mankind, stories of war have forever been a part of the landscape. Stories of amazing survival and incredibly staggering deaths in massive numbers, faced with courage, have been woven through the fabric of our history.

Would you trade places with your cows - especially on a 90-degree and humid day? If your cows are in a well-ventilated barn with fans properly spaced and maintained, you might.

After a sip of (Brazilian) orange juice and a nibble of bacon (from a market hog farrowed in Canada), U.

It has been said that of all the things available to human beings, the land of our Earth is one thing that is taken far too much for granted.