May Day, pillowcases and mushrooms
Dancing through the woods, pretending we were gypsies in search of food, my sisters long ago taught me that somewhere around May Day we...
Cash flow planning is a good thing
Cash flow planning. These are three words that typically inspire a response along the lines of "ugh," "why?" or "never done it, never will."...
Why not plant a seed for the future?
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to be working in our small woodland on an absolutely perfect spring day. If I would have sat...
FSA Andy says farm storage facility policy is changing
Recent changes have been made to USDA's Farm Storage Facility Loan Program that provides low-interest financing for producers to build or upgrade farm storage...
Goldman sucks air out of grain market
Grain prices have broken sharply lower the last few days, and the reason given is the effect of the Goldman Sachs fraud charges on the market.
Early visitors this year: Hummingbirds are back
Bird migration epitomizes spring. But unless you spend a lot of time outdoors with binoculars, or you really know bird songs, the players often...
A wooden grain drill with a link to Signal, Ohio
Wilbur George, a friend from near Carrollton, told me he had an old, wooden grain drill that he had bought some years ago at...
It may not be Paris, but it comes close
Journalism and jets have carried me to some of the world's great capitals. Most of those cities, like New Delhi, Paris, London, Prague, Mexico...
Infidelity is not an oops
Upon ironclad confirmation that superstar golfer Tiger Woods had engaged in a pattern of marital infidelity of such scope, breadth and sheer numbers that...
Farms have lexicon only natives know
By JUDITH SUTHERLANDFarm and Dairy ColumnistEvery farm comes with a unique little map, complete with a language known only to those who live and...
