Farm chores showed value of work
Columnist Judie Sutherland may not have carried milk cans, but milking cows in a straight-eight stanchion parlor gives her a few braggin’ rights of her own.
Writers test mad angler skillz and live to tell about it
Six outdoor communicators with cameras at work. How fun. Hold this, smile, look at the fish, shake the fin out, hold it up, tip it, and on and on.
The ‘Lazy Farmer’ relished his greens
The Song of the Lazy Farmer was featured in The Michigan Farmer.
Pork is the other red meat
A lean hog is not a fat chicken but the marketing geniuses hired by the National Pork Board sure sold a lotta’ hams, bacons...
WebMD is a drama queen
Forget hypochondria, the Internet can make a cyberchondriac out of a molehill – or melanoma out of a mole.
Are some birds too small to hunt?
My first night at Boy Scout summer camp many years ago, I was rousted from my sleeping bag to go on a snipe hunt....
Follow conservation plans carefully
Hello Again,Did you find in your younger years that you would act first then ask questions later? How long did it take you to...
Is China a potential market for U.S. dairy products?
The U.S. dairy industry will continue to try to get milk produced in the U.S. into China. But will the U.S. milk continue to be processed by U.S. companies before it enters China?
Why do fish die in recreational ponds? Thermal stratification, is the technical answer
Thermal stratification is a change in water temperature at different depths in a pond. And it's the reason sometimes you get fish kills in lakes or farm ponds.
Steps to keep in mind when managing hay and pasture for this upcoming winter
This fall is the time to make the agronomic decisions needed for a successful grazing season next year.
