Is Big Ag acting overly confident?
What is it about American agriculture that inspires farm and ranch groups to not trust American consumers? What do we fear?
Despite our best efforts, grass carp are likely here
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined there are a number of potential concerns.
Remember to vote in your local FSA elections
Hello Again,FSA county committees play a vital and relevant role in delivering important farm programs. Your participation in the election process will result in...
No Black Friday for dairy farmers
Dairymen can't make a profitable year based on one-day's sales, like Black Friday retailers. Being profitable requires you to be in the top 20 percent of dairy farms. Being “average” is accepting lower profitability or even sometimes at being unprofitable.
How a family farm brought me closer to my own
By Morgan Schmidt Feng, filmmaker
When I first met Nancy Prebilich and her sister Cindy in northern California at their ranch, I was immediately inspired by...
Mink a key species in marsh management
Sometimes wildlife seems as curious about people as we are about them. I often spot deer watching me from the edge of the woods....
O captain, my captain
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
— Henry Ford
There is a certain beauty in a Midwestern autumn afternoon. The light...
Early U.S. tourists write of Hudson River steam travel
I've been reading about how people traveled long distances during the early decades of the 19th century before the development of the railroads.
The federal government shutdown: Just plain irresponsible and stupid
In a recent television interview, famed Wall Street investor Warren Buffett characterized the October federal government shut-down as “totally irresponsible” and said the failure...
A long, rewarding trip to Devil’s Lake
Before leaving for North Dakota to hunt ducks on expansive Devil’s Lake, one of the nation’s premier waterfowl spots, I had wished for low...
