Night cap: Looking for a good night’s sleep?
Miss Nancy and I, along with my little sister B.G. Theiss who is visiting from North Carolina, enjoyed the afternoon at the Farm and Dairy’s recent 100th Anniversary open house at the Salem Community Center.
You don’t need a root cellar to store food
Fall is the time to store the food that's taken all year to produce. Indoor, in-place and buried container food storage systems are practical and affordable alternatives to the traditional root cellar.
Miracles of ‘didn’t’
The accident happened, as these things always do, simultaneously fast and oh-so-slow.
Reduce hay storage loss cheaply
Over the years we have seen hay go from being taken to the barn loose, to small square bales put in a barn, to small round bales being made to feed right out of the baler.
Want reform? Audit, please
Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack threatened to impose a second beef checkoff that would double the annual, non-refundable collections of the now-$80 million federal program if members of his reform effort didn't come to an agreement.
Some teachers are hard to forget
If we were to ask 100 people to name a person who had a large influence in their life, I would be willing to guess that a teacher would be among one of the oft-repeated answers.
New dairy program offers protection
The dairy industry has been the cornerstone of our local agricultural economy for decades.
Ask FSA Andy about CRP checks
While fall harvest signifies the end of a growing season on many farms, at the Farm Service Agency it means that a new year is just beginning.
What to put in your bird feeders this coming winter
Feeding backyard birds can be as simple or as complicated as you choose to make it.
Grain markets bob with knee-jerk report reaction
As usual, it is all about the reaction to the USDA reports. In this case, the market did not seem to look at the numbers the same way Monday as they did Friday.
