Friday, May 3, 2024
orange breasted bird on pine branch in snow

The best time to learn how to identify birds is now. This identification guide for 21 birds will help.
paperwork

As we look ahead to 2016 we can be sure that it will be another challenge, crop prices, weather, livestock prices, milk prices, etc. . .but we are doing what we love ... farming.
Flooded soybean field

The warm fall and winter is affecting us all.
milk

Some of our beliefs about food and fat may need to be reconsidered.
threshing machine

Years ago, I bought a big stack of American Thresherman magazines from 1924 through 1932. The paper was started by Bascom B. Clarke in 1898, to cater to the many professional thresherman in the country.
tick up close

This past summer and well into the fall, with all the factors right for an enormous proliferation of ticks, has found us sharing knowledge gleaned over many years whether we wanted it or not.
goats chicken and tomato collage

Farmers make New Year’s resolutions with the best of intentions, but sometimes ‘just getting through the day’ takes priority.
harvesting corn

Price direction is still uncertain, but wherever it's headed does not look favorable.

Loss associated with feeding hay to livestock may be much more than just storage loss if precautions are not taken to reduce waste during the feeding operation.
Christmas tree

More than 40 Christmas Nights later, I have not forgotten two calves named Mary and Joseph and Howard’s priceless gift of simple giving.