Sears and Roebuck shaped Christmas traditions
My Christmas column this year is, as they say on the air, an “encore presentation,” having appeared in December of both 1995 and 2000.
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Reminiscing over Christmas traditions
From square dancing to singing, Christmas was a time for tradition.
Hunting tales and dairy margin protection
With deer hunting over, time to focus on farm programs.
Crop insurance: Flawed and fixable
Federally subsidized crop insurance is the elephant in the Farm Bill pantry and anyone who had any role in pushing the law through the zoo called Congress knows it.
Year-end and farm business considerations
End of another year means its time to analyze your farm business decisions.
The case of the missing keys
The nice thing about marriage is that you have sort of a built in failsafe for those days when even though you love them, you really don’t LIKE your spouse very much.
Make the birds an all-season peanut butter treat
With cold weather upon us, here's a recipe for the birds.
News nudges corn and wheat to highs
Speculation about Russian wheat exports seems to be the cause of recent price jumps in the Chicago wheat futures.
Winter is for the birds
Cold weather can be rough on our feathered friends. Providing birds with food and shelter throughout the winter helps keep them happy and healthy, and lights up my otherwise dismal looking yard with color and song.
Use your influence to talk about farming
People don’t want to hear from a faceless organization, they want to hear from people they know, or “ordinary” people like them. Farmers like you. Real people.
