Farming is greater than your farm
Combing through yellowed pages of Farm and Dairy from 1925 yields a unique look at history. As I look for items to include in the "80 years ago" portion of our weekly Read It Again feature, I'm struck by how different life was then, and yet, how little has changed.
Schools are ready for moms who flunk lunch
I am an unfit mother. Oh sure, other mothers might see the merit in hiding it better. But me, I work hard at it.
For The Graduate
Although I've noticed the graduation cap and gown hanging in my daughter's closet on those few occasions when I invade her private space, nothing brought her imminent graduation home so vividly as an awards night ceremony where her classmates were honored for their high school achievements.
No fun to be inside on a May day
Friends seem puzzled by the fact that I know very little about television hit shows from my childhood era.
Children’s play holds silo secret
"Silos go to Preschool," "Grown Men Get Paid to Work with Playdough," "Where Playdough and Silo Meet" or "Dairy Farms are Future Site of World Record Playdough Production" might have set the stage for what was to come.
A common sense cure for cold feet
Authorities and searchers might have been at a loss when they launched a nationwide hunt for "runaway bride'' Jennifer Wilbanks recently, but the real experts - wedding planners - knew this was no kidnapping.
One Little Thing and Life in a Small Town
It strikes me as peculiar how one little thing can change the course of our existence so quickly. Some of life's greatest tragedies occur in a mere second, altering everything that follows.
Your turn: Some readers can really write
Thirteen years ago this week a thin packet containing four agricultural columns hit the cluttered desks of 124 newspaper editors and publishers in 14 Midwestern states.
Seeing the future of animal ID
While most U.S. beef producers are having a hard time coming to grips with livestock traceability, a Japanese cattle company is taking animal ID to the next level.
More fun than you can shake a stick at
I firmly believe that when mothers compare notes on childbirth this can only be because they have not yet experienced the pain and sheer endurance that a 6-year-old's birthday party entails.
