An unwelcome guest on the farm
"Winter in Missouri. The coyotes are singing almost every night now down in the hollow, the creek bed that runs below my southern boundary....
Good food helps us get through winter
If there is anything more rib-sticking, more delicious, more comforting, more warming to the cockles of your heart in these continuing assaults by King...
Mean temperatures keeping cows lean
Some cows I’ve seen lately look thinner than normal for this time of year. With more than a month of winter remaining, it could...
Few clues in the grain trading range
We seem to be locked into trading ranges on the Chicago Board of Trade. In absence of news, the market cycles higher and lower,...
Long-time FSA staff call it quits
Hi again,
The weather has started to moderate a little and by the time you are reading this much of the snow and ice of...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Feb. 5, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Daisy finds one playin’ possum
A few years ago on a cold winter night, Daisy, my yellow Lab, and I took a walk in the woods after a snow...
FSA Andy for Feb. 5, 2009
Hello Again!This winter has reminded me of my childhood when snow came and lasted for weeks on end. My youngest daughter has enjoyed sledding...
Itching for spring, new baseball season
"We weren't really alone, of course. Each square mile of farmland, bordered on all sides by those perfectly straight Iowa roads, was called a...
We all need ag diversity training
We cannot be so narrow-minded to think that there is only one way to be successful, to be sustainable, in farming today.
