You don’t always get what you want
You don't always get what you want.
That lesson seems so simple and yet can be so complex over the course of a lifetime.
Your program caused these problems
In the run-up to the Great Budget Sequester of 2013, a deeply indebted America once again learned what every American knows from birth: your...
Off the farm: My son in the big city
My son, the country boy, is suddenly a city boy. Plucked from our farm situated near a tiny town, he is now in a city that seems to never sleep.
The Great Pumpkin
I am the scourge of good editors because I tend to write about things in whatever the exact opposite of timeliness is.
March Madness calls for prep changes
Farmers want to know when better weather is going to stay for good, rather than just visit like an out of town relative.
Virginia Myers Patterson will be missed
For those of you who have read this column for a number of years, stories of my great-grandpa Charlie are familiar fodder. It is...
Dad’s legacy lives on in memories
“My father asserted there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment. There’s something about getting up at...
This is the year of the fainting goat
Ringing in 2010 with our house filled with exuberant friends, I couldn't help but feel joyous and hopeful about starting a whole new decade....
FSA encourages producers to report prevented planting, failed crop acreage
Hello Again!And a warm welcome to the beautiful springtime weather! With spring planting upon us, the Farm Service Agency encourages producers to report any...
Read it Again: Week of July 18, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
