Ask FSA Andy about loans
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One of the greatest challenges facing U.S. farmers is marketing their production at a profit. The last couple of years, corn and soybeans...
‘All is good’ on fishing trip to Canada
It's the crackling of the fire, the warmth of flames, the simple comfort of the stone fireplace, which highlight our evenings, which over the years have become treasured times of comradery, friendly jokes, and memories shared.
Don’t roll your eyes at others’ advice
We are bombarded with advice from all directions. It comes first from our parents and family, and then it is spoken by friends, teachers, 4-H advisers, and other adults (like Extension educators!).
Dive into summer by doing less
Are you making sure you aren’t doing enough? Have you really embraced the vacation mindset and given yourself permission to let things go?
Not all progress comes with engine
It was a pretty drive through farm country to attend Horse Progress Days in Mount Hope on a beautifully sunny Fourth of July.
The quiet...
Bioluminescence: Living lights are natural wonders
The light that fireflies produce is nothing short of amazing.
What’s your farm’s color saying?
Have you ever driven along and noticed the rich green color of a cornfield on one side of the road while on the other side there's a yellowish color to the corn crop?
OSU Extension planning meetings to help dairymen assess options.
Changes loom on the horizon for both crop and dairy farms as provisions of the 2014 farm bill are implemented.
Ask FSA Andy about acronyms
Even though I vowed almost 30 years ago when I first starting working here that I wouldn’t use acronyms, I find myself using all of them.
Farming gets in your blood at birth: ‘I want to stay out here with...
Farming can get in a family's blood early on.
