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...
Enterprise Budgets are starting points
Budgeting helps guide you through your decision making process as you attempt to commit resources to the most profitable enterprises on the farm. Crops...
The rut from two very different points of view
The breeding season, commonly called the rut, takes a differential toll on female and male white-tailed deer. Does are fertile only 24 hours every...
Be prepared to deal with the mud
Well, that time of year is almost upon us. You know what these coming winter months mean -- greasy, slimy, aggravating mud. It makes...
Good comes from difficult, trying times
Some events in life are so incredible that they are emblazoned on the memory like a wonderful keepsake, no souvenirs required. We just recently...
Remember me? Of course I do, Orlie
Longtime readers may recall a Thanksgiving column years ago that featured a dinner entree provided by Orlie, the gainfully unemployed younger brother of our...
