Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Clearly, the problem is that I expect too much. I expect, for example, that my cellular telephone might actually make telephone calls.

My wish came true. In case some of you are cursing my proposition, a week or so ago, that we have some snow, I refuse to take full blame.

The Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference continues to be a source of good information for area producers, extension educators and agribusiness professionals.

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.

I am raising ingrates. My children, like so many others, are ferried about in the automotive equivalent of a living room.

"I'm in the mood for blueberry muffins, Mom," Kathie announced to me in mid-morning during a long weekend off school.

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.

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.

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.

A lot of information crosses our doorstep. Some we publish; some we pitch. Some we file for future reference, never sure what or when might make us dig into that folder.