Grab attention: Show me the numbers
The trick in getting farmers to read farm magazines, a long-time editor of mine repeatedly admonished, is to put numbers in the headline, the lead and every paragraph thereafter.
Celebrating everyday heroes
The man who painted eloquent pictures of everyday heroes may have been surprised to know that he became one of mine.
All in the name of economic gain
No two words chill a landowner's soul like the words "eminent domain."
The concept of eminent domain is the right of a government to take private property for public use, like a road.
The not-so princess diaries
In the beginning, when it came to parenting a daughter, I wasn't exactly in the pink.
Sure, I had been a girlie-girl as a child.
Gluten Glitch
Wheat reigns supreme in our Western world with wheat flour a staple in so many of our foods. Besides wheat's nutritional properties, it is valued for the versatility of wheat gluten.
Trillion-dollar debt shapes budget, but Washington can’t blot red ink
As the White House and Congress pout, parry and plot over the 2006 federal budget plan of President George W.
Where is ag on Bush’s priorities?
One day recently, the morning TV news carried two headlines that made me stop in my tracks.
Condoleeza Rice was appealing for several billion dollars in aid to be sent to Tunisia, and about quadruple that billion dollar amount to be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Help yourself by training employees
In a dairy farm's employee break room, I saw the following posted: "Our employees are our most important asset.
Budget’s math, politics don’t add up
Presidential budget proposals usually are about two things, politics and mathematics. Both elements carry equal weight.
Journey of hardship and faith
As the journey by covered wagon unfolds for Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband and young daughter, Rose, it becomes apparent that the travelers will be glad to settle down in a new home.
