Predator problems: Protect your flock and livestock this fall
Coyote are active in fall, when grown pups break away from the family unit to hunt and stake out their own territory.
Education divide must be bridged
Editor Susan Crowell urges readers to see education as a public good. "Our future depends on how well we educate all of our children. As one education researcher put it, you 'can run from public education, but you can’t hide from its consequences.'"
Futuristic Oliver, built on shoestring, still head turner
On February 23, 1929, Charles City, Iowa, residents read startling news in the Charles City Daily Press: There was to be a $50 million merger between the Hart-Parr Company, one of the city’s major firms, the Oliver Plow Works and Nichols & Shepard Company.
This Sept. 11, take time to reflect
This Sept. 11, remember the things that really matter.
Winter kills wildlife, or does it survive the cold?
Last winter many readers wrote to ask how wildlife could survive the frigid polar vortices.
Dairy prices don’t make sense, for now
Milk prices are good now, but get ready for a change.
Get a job! (But hone interview skills first)
One of the many benefits of being a writer is that my commute is short. (I gained 7 pounds the year I got a laptop and no longer had to walk all the way to the third floor to write).
Grandmother knew joys of hard work
One person I have long admired is someone I never had the chance to meet.
A change in the wind is coming
As fall approaches, the signs of the season are becoming more clear.
Can we graze stream corridors without damaging the environment?
There has been much discussion over the past several years about whether livestock should be completely excluded from grazing along stream banks, partially excluded, or whether it makes a difference in the water quality.
