Life doesn’t always go how we plan
To paraphrase the famous lines from Robert Burns' To a Mouse poem: The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Think Pink In October
When National Breast Cancer Awareness Month rolls around in October, Sherry Robinson, writer for the St. Petersburg Times, rolls her eyes and wonders whether...
The grain market hemorrhage continues
The market used to be bleeding lower. The bleeding became a massive hemorrhage yesterday, Oct. 6, on the Chicago Board of Trade as the...
Farm country rides economic wave
Remember the 1992 presidential campaign that pitted Bill Clinton against Bush the Elder? It gave us that wonderfully pithy saying, "It's the economy, stupid!"
Strength through faith endures all
To describe my dear friend Karen as strong seems an understatement of epic proportions. Karen, who has made a career of helping others to...
Farm profits fell faster than Wall Street
When Wall Street stumbled, futures markets hit the floor.
Parenting for dummies
I normally make it a hard and fast rule not to make fun of other writers. I mean, it's hard, this writing gig, and...
Back seat research drives the obvious conclusions
From time to time, Farm and Dairy's esteemed editor -- in what is probably a vain attempt to stave off yet another inevitable column...
Fall bonfire shares blessings to all
As September bows out to October, we enjoy the subtle reminder that season's change is coming once again. We enjoy warm days and crisp...
The bail-out heard ’round the world
It is difficult to think about anything but the U.S. banking sector implosion these days. Even though Wall Street is miles from your home...
