Sometimes the needy are closer to home than we think
There was a big family who had just moved in to our community, and one day in class I noticed the hole in the new boy’s shirt.
Betting against climate change
According to 2013 data compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, you and I owe our very existence to water. After all, 92 percent...
Great weather brings poor grain prices
It is hard to argue with the direction of the corn market, which has been down. It is also hard to envision a scenario where we can justify a big weather market.
Exploring the humble beginnings of the M1 rifle
By SAM MOORE
With this month being the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, it might be an...
The natural order of things
So ... once again nature proves it is not to be trusted. As a person once proudly self-described as “indoorsy,” I have tried to...
Ask FSA by FSA Andy: Check in and report all of your crops
Hello Again!
Reporting your crop acres to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Office each year is one of the best financial decisions you can make...
Who will be big meat’s next fat hog?
Two of the world’s biggest meatpackers, Tyson Foods and JBS SA, are in a bare-knuckled, checkbook throw-down over who will own Hillshire Brands, the...
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?
