Maintaining septic systems benefits environment, wallet
If properly designed, constructed and maintained, your septic system can provide long-term, effective treatment of household wastewater.
A farm: The greatest show on earth
Those of us lucky enough to be on farms know there is plenty of entertainment out among the more wild part of the country.
Hunter’s dream: Where are the caribou?
Caribou used to be a big game hunter's dream, but something has changed. Nowadays, you hardly hear the word caribou spoken. Find out why.
I’m just million dollar dull
Kymberly Foster Seabolt promises if she's ever blessed enough to win the lottery, she'll stay the same person she always has been.
As you go forward in the beef industry, remember to look back
There are differences in the journey, but also similarities of how a producer ends up looking back on a career in agriculture with more wins than losses.
It’s a weather grain market (again)
The crops are ahead of normal in development, well on the way to an early harvest. Here's veteran grain merchandiser Marlin Clark on the current grain market.
Farming lessons from the Appalachian Trail
From her 79-mile section hike of the Appalachian Trail, Editor Susan Crowell uncovered hiking lessons that can easily be translated into farming (or life!) wisdom.
Paralephostrongylus tenuis affects small ruminants
Species primarily affected by P. tenuis include camelids such as elk, moose, llamas and alpacas as well as small ruminants such as sheep and goats.
The sweet bridge of summer
On the southern Illinois dairy farm of Alan Guebert's youth, July was a slow, sweet bridge between spring's hard hustle and fall's quickening step.
Take in life’s little blessings
Patiently awaiting two new grandbabies, Judith Sutherland reminds us to take in life's little blessings.























