USDA reports help rally grain markets
Regardless of USDA reports last Friday, we are trading this grain market as a short-crop year.
Road trip in the good old days was a little bumpy
Recently, I was looking at a picture of a sod house in Colorado where a local family stopped for overnight on their move West....
2012 farm bill: Cliff walking in clodhoppers
In an almost endless stream of post-vote analyses Jan. 2, Capitol Hill pundits focused mostly on who the political winners and losers were in...
Winter time means it is a good time to control invasive species in the...
It’s January and it’s cold — not surprising for our area. However, as you look out the window praying for that so-called “global warming”...
Resolutions fall short, trying to set goals in 2013
Another year past and time to set some goals for the coming 12 months. Most people call them New Year Resolutions, words that for...
January has produced a winter wonderland
Over the last two weeks, we have had 13 inches of snow, and winter has just begun. I consider this good news. I love...
Think about it: Belated Christmas greetings
It hardly seems possible that Christmas is here and gone again. It seems like just a few months ago that I was getting ready...
Some easy tips may help reduce hay losses from round bales
Large round bales are the most popular source of hay when winter feeding beef cattle. Unfortunately, these bales are subject to a variety of...
Storm warning
I don't think there has ever been a doubt I don't have the ability to take care of myself, but now it's official: in...
FSA seeking county committee advisers
Hello again!Happy New Year! Whew, it seems like our "cliff diving" trip has been canceled. I, for one, am very happy about that --...