Ohio leads the way in no-till beans
The Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference continues to be a source of good information for area producers, extension educators and agribusiness professionals.
Wise words from outgoing secretary
By tradition, an outgoing president leaves just one item - a letter to the incoming president - on the Oval Office desk when departing the White House for the final time.
Traveling journal: Wagons go west
In the traveling journal of Laura Ingalls Wilder, it is interesting to read not only of their daily trials and tribulations as they headed west in their covered wagon, but of the local farming struggles in the barren soil of 1894.
Dialing up the ‘good old days’
I am raising ingrates.
My children, like so many others, are ferried about in the automotive equivalent of a living room.
Muffins In A Melting Pan
"I'm in the mood for blueberry muffins, Mom," Kathie announced to me in mid-morning during a long weekend off school.
The most to lose: Social Security ‘reform’ to hit rural America hardest
No American group has more to lose in Social Security reform than farmers, ranchers and other rural dwellers, according to USDA demographic and income data.
A trip with Laura Ingalls Wilder
While many are familiar with The Little House on The Prairie tales from Laura Ingalls Wilder, many have never read the diary she kept while traveling from South Dakota to Mansfield, Mo.
Dairy industry needs to brag a little
Don't brag about yourself, what you do or what you have accomplished.
While this is surely a directive in some weighty volume of proper behavior, the referenced behavior is that of individuals - not the necessary behavior of a vital, exciting, important industry.
USDA’s mad cow circus: Act II
After spending the last four years marrying the U.S. cattle market to Canada's cattle market - the new family's name is "the integrated North American beef market" - the USDA is now saddled with its handiwork.
Remembering cowboy commandments and glowing campfire perfection
Remember the good old days of the cowboy commandments?
It seems like such a long time ago when every child wanted to be a cowboy who stood up for all that was good, honorable and right.
