Make animal welfare your business
In the 1980s, the one-hit-wonder band Rockwell rocked the charts with the song, [I Always Feel Like] Somebody's Watching Me. Turns out the band was right.
The gifter who keeps on giving bad gifts
Mr. Wonderful has taken to hitting me to get his point across. OK, technically it's more of a playful tap on the shoulder to...
You don’t always get what you want
You don't always get what you want.
That lesson seems so simple and yet can be so complex over the course of a lifetime.
Establish safety procedures for manure storage structures
Each year we hear of farm accidents where someone has entered a confined space and been overcome by gas or fallen into a manure lagoon and been drowned.
Grain markets: It looked good there for a while
Now is a time for hoping, and for looking at grain marketing option strategies. We can’t afford these corn and soybean prices long-term, and we have been too good at production for good prices.
How to ID common feeder birds
Identifying common backyard birds is relatively simple by using a step-by-step procedure.
Dairy Channel: New Mexico dairyman creates niche by processing his own dairy products
Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about an unusual dairy entrepreneur who has made a place for himself with a 200-cow dairy by bottling and selling his own "Jersey Gold All Natural Milk."
A new year for Alexander Smalley
In the continued coverage of Alexander Smalley's diary, he discovers homeowners insurance.
Rural America’s dramatic decline
The gap between America's rural poor and non-poor, like in urban areas, continues to widen. However, that the gap is widening faster in rural America.
Lessons learned from my father
Judith Sutherland shares the memories of her father's neighbor, and one of the most important lessons her father taught her.
