Saturday, May 18, 2024

If the writing of federal legislation is, as often described, a kabuki dance, then the farm bill passed by House Ag Committee July 19 is only the first, essential step of a complex drama that has two more months of rewrites before its scheduled Oct.
horse

Cowboy poet Bryce Angell writes about a horse named Hard to Catch.

My first night at Boy Scout summer camp many years ago, I was rousted from my sleeping bag to go on a snipe hunt....

I find it amazing, time and time again, how much the world is turning back around to the way it used to be long, long ago.

Life on dairy farms in the 1970s proved to be a very good time, indeed. I was too young to know it, but I recall the feeling that things were going well.
Pig slippers

Kymberly Foster Seabolt shares her thoughts on a proposed bill in Tennesse that would detail rules for how parents can dress and behave on school grounds.

My first few years at Farm and Dairy, when I entered the building from the rear, I had to walk by two mammoth Linotype...
horse races

The latest thrill in Judith Sutherland's life is introducing the ceremonial Triple Crown springtime tradition to her 2-year-old grandson.

Somewhere along the 2,684-mile, mid August drive from central Illinois to Washington, D.C., Newport, Boston and back, I crossed an unseen line into old...
water bottles

Drinking water is the top priority on any outdoor adventure, especially for hunters, fishers, and hikers heading into the backcountry.