Bad grammar is all around us
"Him and me are going to visit..."Me and my friends just pop in the car..."No one is faster than us..."Do you detect something wrong...
Every town should have one…
Last week, I wrote of my lucky find at the Jeromesville Homecoming, landing the top bid on my father’s senior high school yearbook. I...
Grain market’s Turn-Around Tuesday may bite us today
Market commentary: Big gains on the grain market during the day Monday that capped off a few days of frantic trading did not hold; the weakness overnight is accelerating.
Yearbook awakens memories of small town life
Sometimes, the smallest contribution pays big dividends. This past Saturday my hometown held its annual homecoming festivities. Though it was hotter than blue blazes,...
FSA will be conducting compliance spot-checks
Hello again!The "dog days" of summer have arrived. The weather has definitely been on the extremely hot side , but I guess we can...
Don’t forget calves when heat soars
Last weekend's heat was the most challenging for bovines of all ages (and their people) so far this year. Milking cows are usually the...
It’s time to roll out the rain barrel and conserve water
Rain barrels make every drop count. That's the slogan that begins every one of my rain barrel presentations. Well, OK, I have to confess...
Economists in the house? Run!
Don't' look now, but Dr. Econ -- that master of the malaprop, that tangled tiller of economic turnips, the clearest, coldest-eyed killer of the...
It’s how you play the game
It’s how you play the game
You win some, you lose some, and sometimes you lose them all. We are old hats at recreational soccer....
A hayfield stroll displays midsummer blooms
Most summer evenings, shortly before dark, my wife and I take a walk through the hay field on the highest point on our property....
