Sunday, April 5, 2026
wheat

Russia's war in Ukraine has caused grain shortages around the world. Alan Guebert weighs in on the potential ripple effect and what can be done.

One item identified and a new one to twist your brain around. Can you help us identify it?
sunset on a hay bale

Born in Judith Sutherland's father's love of farming was an ability to see the joy in the life he had chosen.
coffee

One of the easiest ways we can all contribute to natural resource conservation is to reduce our waste. 
wheat

News that Russia will allow exports from Ukraine pushed corn futures down 50 cents, soybeans down 17 cents and wheat down $1.17 for the week.

Alan Guebert remembers the true meaning of Memorial Day among weathered gravestones.
head of cabbage

Eliza Blue finds herself with too much cabbage for one family to ever possibly consume and not enough strawberries or peas.
Baltimore Oriole

Julie Geiss enjoys the company of all her feathered visitors from her porch.
DairyPalooza

Although it was a long time coming, the 10th anniversary of DairyPalooza took place at the Wayne County Fairgrounds April 30. 
sunset, cowboy

Bryce Angell considers hair trends among cowboys in this week's poem.