Mother’s words convey joy of season
It's been quite a while since I shared with you one of my columns written for Farm and Dairy by my mother, Berenice T....
It would be lovely to turn back time
“I can’t imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had...
FSA Andy for Dec. 10, 2009
Dear farmers:
In the midst of the holiday bustle we need to catch up on paperwork after the long harvest season. I still have several...
Get used to schizophrenic farming
We're often challenged to explain why agriculture deserves special treatment, and those are always good questions. But it's very simple: Farming is the only sector that is wholly irreplaceable.
Grain market turns back south
Last week we looked at charts, trying to find signals of direction. Well, we know more about direction now. Corn prices broke sharply on...
I call it ‘the rearview mirror’ grain market
It is hard to get a handle on where markets are going these days. The easiest method, with the least recriminations when you are...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Dec. 3, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Farm income: Anemic expectations
It will be several years before farm incomes return to 2007 or 2008 levels.
The pros and cons of Christmas pro shopping
In life there are two kinds of people: those who start shopping for Christmas Dec. 26 of the previous year, and those who wait...
While I can’t do math, I can read
If you asked unimpeachable sources such as St. Peter or former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee why so many pretty average people often choose...
