Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Catalog from 1894 gave advice to farm owners
I have a reprint of The Country Gentleman's Catalogue for 1894. Published in England, it was meant not for the English yeoman farmer who actually did the work, but for the "gentlemen" who owned those farms and estates.
FSA Andy: Low-interest loans can teach youth financial responsibility
The Farm Service Agency has Youth Loans available. These loans can be up to $5,000 and the youth must be age 10 through 20.
Life Out Loud: It came in through the window
The devil is in my house. It came in through a window, like most burglars do, gaining entry to our inner sanctum and stealing my pride without my knowledge or consent.
Dairy Excel: Water is the most valuable nutrient. Are your cows getting enough?
We need to be on our best behavior in the management of the water supply for dairy cattle during the summer.
Judith Sutherland: Grandmother lives on in shepherds
The regret of never having had the opportunity to meet my paternal grandmother has always been with me, but the sense of loss has become stronger as I have grown older.
A-maizing corn has been around for centuries
For the next few weeks fresh sweet corn will be available at roadside stands, farmers markets and even grocery stores. When the corn is...
Sliced or diced, baloney is baloney
Rupert Murdoch came before a House of Commons committee investigating the misdeeds of his company’s British newspapers with his heart on his sleeve. He...
Landowners, prepare for storms, because you know they’re coming
What is with this rain? I have never seen this kind of rain before. We are getting 100-year rain events every year — how...
Part I: Grandmother’s influence on family
“My mother was deeply conscientious, hopeful, loyal. The land on our farm was beautiful, full of adventure, beckoning. The life there must sometimes, though,...
Planning to cope with emergencies
Flood water forces the exodus of cattle to higher ground. Drought does the same on a wider scale, only to greener ground. And in...
