How rural America can avoid ‘another century of degraded water’
Alan Guebert analyzes an op/ed, published on Feb. 7 in The Des Moines Register, that focuses on Iowa's increasing "degradation of drinking water."
Holmes Co. duo on the trail of monster catfish
Kat-tagious team members Anthony Murphy and Mike Snyder are getting better when it comes to pursuing big catfish — the kind of big that wins tournaments.
Life skills
Kym Seabolt shares her take on a school district's decision to remove life skills from their high school curriculum and offers advice for young adults.
Extended mud season creates problems for feeding cattle
An extended mud season has made feeding forages and maintaining pastures very difficult. Learn how to help your ruminants.
How to detect respiratory diseases in calves quicker
Diagnosing pneumonia and other respiratory diseases quicker is vital to the success of your operation. Learn how to improve your winter calf management.
Imagine a world without open spaces
Judith Sutherland imagines waking up and heading out to cement and blacktop and asphalt and cars and people as far as the eye could see.
Orphan trains carried at-risk youth west
"Orphan trains" were one of many remedies to try to unravel the plight of poverty in the cities of America in the mid-19th century and early 20th century.
Attracting birds to your backyard this spring
Providing bird feeders as supplemental food sources during the winter can not only attract birds to your backyard but can also help them.
Drive toward quality beef isn’t over
There's more premium beef on the market than ever before. Could we be approaching our destination, maybe even delivering too much of a good thing?
The curious history of Alberta’s rat patrol
Seventy years ago, Alberta, Canada, successfully declared war on rats. It's a source of provincial pride and international curiosity.
