Is your cow herd above average?
In some ways, my cowherd is average. In other ways it is above and in still others, below. Those things are true of each...
Enjoy your kids, time goes quick
Life, it has been said, is a series of dress rehearsals. If you keep working on it, one day you will be ready for...
Senecaville Hatchery will host open house June 28
Ever wonder where that walleye or channel cat came from? Was it born in a hatchery in Ohio or another state?
Rainy days had their charm
On the big southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, a rainy June day was a treat almost as great as homemade ice cream.
Native plants produce many options
I often get questions about what the name of a particular plant is. Sometimes I know it right off the top of my head,...
Commentary: Will activists’ drones spy on farms?
An activist wants to use drones to take aerial photographs of “factory farms,” or as he puts it, “to expose what some corporations want to keep hidden.”
Market outlook: Great weather, slipping grain prices
Prices continue to slip lower on the Chicago Board of Trade as the traders get the impression that the weather is perfect and that...
A Father’s Day turkey dinner fit for a lady
By MIKE TONTIMONIA
Father’s Day in this house is usually minus Dad due to an annual Canadian fishing trip that always seems to happen over...
Beaver tales: Leaving an ecological impact
Though large and common, beavers are seldom seen unless you know where to look. The best time to see beavers is at dusk on...
Hard work and values
I am at that crux of life where my children need me to be ever more vigilant. It is my contention that teens require almost as much if not more hands-on parenting as toddlers.
