Kids caring about conservation
As a kid, I can remember spending the majority of my free time outdoors. Like many kids, I participated in my fair share of...
New game, new rules in meat markets
Watching Big Pork and Big Beef respond to proposed USDA rules to “clarify conduct that violates the P&S Act” is like watching Wall...
A conversation with ornithologist and author
I met Bridget Stutchbury in the early 1980s at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. I was teaching ornithology, and she was a...
The tales of skunks and the relief when they leave
The Rusty Iron business is a little slow this week, so I'll play Scott Shalaway and tell you a nature tale that I call...
Picking genetics may save time sorting
Low-stress cattle handling is becoming a mainstream practice, but have you ever thought about the ultimate low-stress sorting system -- right from your computer?...
Market Monitor An obstinate and opposite market
I am thinking this morning that the grain market is like a sixth grade boy this morning -- obstinate and opposite. Whatever you suggest,...
The bat days of summer
In the 14 years we have lived here, we have had a handful of bats fly in for a visit. PETA can picket me...
‘Family’ antics fill the long, summer days
Usually the big calendar hanging on the kitchen door is filled with all kinds of squiggles and notes about birthdays and birds and reminders...
Answering the hard questions now will help when disaster occurs
As farmers, we know the cows must be milked rain or shine, hot or cold, sick or not, but what do you do when...
Lesson learned during relaxing weekend get-away: Never say never
Sometimes, it is hard to imagine a different life, the possibility of the sun shining just as brightly in an entirely new place. No...
