Helping young people care: closing the gap between children and nature
By JOHN NEIDER
In today’s world, it is often difficult to get people excited about natural resources conservation. There are a thousand distractions around us...
How often should you test forages?
Phone caller: “You tell us to regularly test our forages, but how often should we do that?” Expert: "Um..." Now, there's an answer.
The secret to my success
I never tied my mother’s sheer curtains under my chin and paraded down the stairs playing “bride.” I didn’t plan Barbie’s wedding to Ken....
Growing old
We are all in the process of growing old, whether we like it or not. I have heard it said, “You are only young...
Congress needs less old-boy cronyism
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly...
Some background on homemade steam engines
We spent the past several articles reviewing many of the engine makes from various places in the U.S. and Canada. At shows you will...
Cabela’s: A retail store and a destination
When the Cabela’s store in Wheeling, W.Va. opened in 2004, it was billed as a “destination.”
Give it a few months, I thought, and it...
Mercury outboard motors have made the difference
When my dad came home with a brand new Mercury outboard, I thought that I had gone to fishing heaven. That was in the...
Susan Crowell: Immigration reform affects farming
One source estimates 55 to 75 percent of farm workers lack legal status, while others put the number at closer to 20 percent.
It’s not always about the grain market: Some people have real problems
When grain markets don't seem to matter: At the heart of it, we remain under attack because we are Americans.
