Wednesday, November 4, 2026

About 250 representatives of agribusiness corporations, academia, governments and non-governmental organizations attended the World Ag Forum in St.

Trying to go from breakfast all the way until supper, I'm reminded, again how much better off I'd be, "grazing" through the day with several light meals and snacks rather than two bigger meals.

Duct tape: It's not just for pipe repair and hostage situations anymore. Recently, in an embarrassing setback for NASA, a temporary window cover fell off the shuttle while it was on the launch pad, damaging thermal tiles near the tail.

Hemingway went to Paris to discover, he once explained, if "I could write two good sentences." While there, however, Papa wrote two good books, The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms.

We have watched civilization marching forward, one invention at a time, over the past couple of hundred years.

Now that school is out, students may be looking for a summer job baling hay, milking cows, picking vegetables or assisting with many of the other daily tasks on your farm.

Back in the day we shunned PDA. No, not personal digital assistant - that's so 21st century. PDA was Public Display of Affection, i.

The 1970s, like every decade, were filled with unforgettable fads: platform shoes, mood rings, earth shoes and Rubik's cube.

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

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.