Enduring one catastrophe after another
Part five: Things got even worse, before they got better.
Good intentions gone astray: Imported wildlife
Men move animals in an almost casual manner, all with good intentions, but most without thought to what problems might be forthcoming.
Strong planting progress, but prices still weak
Warm, dry weather helped some farmers begin planting, but prices are still low.
Food can be a uniting force: Join us Around the Table
I don’t eat at Chipotle because of its anti-GMO marketing ploy, but I’d love to sit around the table with people who do. Food tends to be a uniting force.
Essential oils 101
Essential oils contain all the organic compounds, elements and constituents from the plant which they are derived. Their powerful properties have been used in natural health and healing for centuries.
Kicking grain trading down the road
Confession time: Over the last three years I often have referred to the 113th and 114th Congress as either “do nothing” or “doing less than nothing.”
No substitute for quality forages
Forage quality has a huge effect on your cows' health and productivity and is arguably the single most important factor to dairy profitability.
Emergency assistance available for livestock producers
Options available for livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish.
Join the race to help save monarchs
The monarch butterfly is now in great decline and its main . . . well, only sourcing of food; milkweed is just about as scarce as the butterfly itself.
Surviving the threat of catastrophe
This neighbor came face-to-face with the robbers and complained that they were taking all of his money.
