Sunday, April 5, 2026
farm silo

There is not that much grain out there, and last week’s trading is making it even harder to buy. Marlin Clark weighs in on the state of the grain markets.

You are on a roll! Can you identify this antique metal item and keep the streak alive?
replica of Harman Blennerhassett's estate

Julie Geiss visits Blennerhassett State Park near Parkersburg, West Virginia, and enjoys all it has to offer.
lake-powell

If today's "Southwestern megadrought" continues much longer, both Lake Powell and Lake Mead will become the empty bathtubs their rings already suggest.
tree-trunks

Following a storm, Judith Sutherland's farm was covered in splintered trees all over the place. Cleaning it up has been a lot of work.
pasture

Planting warm season annual grasses is a feasible way to improve summer pastures or hay fields to maintain dry matter production during the summer slump. 
rainbow in South Dakota

The folks who live and work on the Dakota plains have to be as resilient and deeply rooted as the grasses that thrive here. 
GirlWonder

GirWonder's best friend saves day, retrieving her forgotten suitcase on her wedding day.
Fisher Ag spreader

Bryce Angell crafts a poem about spreading Henrietta Johnson's ashes from a plane.
cut hay

One way to make baled hay in only a two-day weather window is to make baleage.