Getting ready for birding in the spring season
Last week I did my best to think spring by suggesting that it was time to put up a few nest boxes for cavity-nesting...
Tips on traveling to North Dakota
The following is from notes scribbled recently concerning a road trip to Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Take the pork out of Washington
Reader wants to see the end of pork barrell politics.
Farmers safe from lawsuits? It’s called blackmail
This reader says farmers helping with research to avoid lawsuits is blackmail.
Hazlett: Be Content
BE CONTENTI well remember when I was in my youth my father telling me that I needed to learn to be content. As time...
Black and white in cat and dog fight
I found myself playing referee yesterday, standing in the middle of a cat and dog fight. The scrappers were not a dog and a cat, as you might suspect, but two humans with strong opinions on canine and feline superiority.
Farm Credit System wants favors
Some things are more reliable than even death and taxes. Take the Farm Credit System for example. Since it's farm bill-writing time again, the giant, government-sanctioned, cooperative ag lender is again asking Congress for favors to boost itself in the farm lending marketplace.
Is Big Ag acting overly confident?
What is it about American agriculture that inspires farm and ranch groups to not trust American consumers? What do we fear?
A day of child’s play is magical
“To be with a child is to become a bit of a child again, for that magical moment.”
— Anonymous
For one wonderful day...
Nothing nice about snow and ice
Where is global warming when we need it? And what happened to a January thaw? I think bears have the right idea. In fact,...
