Mark calendars for these outdoors, boat shows
It’s show time! Starting soon, Cleveland’s IX Center will be stuffed with boats and bucks as the annual Mid-American Boat Show and the Outdoor Adventure Show open under the same roof.
Fowler’s Chapter Three: Story of the Steam Plough Works
I finally got the time needed to review the latter chapters of Michael Lane’s Story of the Steam Plough Works, which is a history of the Fowler Works of Leeds England.
Odd trading week may hurt rallies
Short week, but lots of activity still happening in the markets.
Country Christmas crafts
Kids get a kick out of making angels from corn husks, but also enjoy filling glass ornaments with seeds. Even the teenagers in the family tolerate spray painting components for the baskets.
How to Christmas shop for your sportsman
Separating the sportsman's needs from wants.
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.
Year-end and farm business considerations
End of another year means its time to analyze your farm business decisions.
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.















