Real ag agenda seems to be football and pheasants
In Congress, the House aggies aren't exactly tied up with policy debates to address, say, today's soaring food prices, the nation's perilously thin food stocks or a dysfunctional federal dairy policy.
Wash day? We have it way too easy!
My grandmother once told me that my generation had no idea what real housework consisted of, especially when it came to wash day. She...
Nest boxes are simple — don’t complicate things
The first day of spring always reminds me that it's nest box season. It's time to build and place a few more nest boxes...
Loans available for socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers
Hello friends,The Farm Service Agency has loan programs to assist beginning farmers and/or members of socially disadvantaged groups to finance agricultural enterprises. Under these...
Avoid undesirable plants and improve forages with pasture management
We are at my favorite time of the year. Grass is starting to grow. Depending how far south you live, some have already started...
House hunting for dummies
Does there exist a blog, website, or even random street corner where people can meet to poke merciless fun at the people featured on...
Collectors attracted to character and individuality of duck decoys
The art of deception is a fitting way to describe the reason and realism of duck decoys. And so is the fact that decoys...
Outside forces still dictating grain markets
So, last week I said the rally was over, but I still hadn't heard the sounds of It's Over!, my favorite Roy Orbison song....
I’m not back in the saddle again, but I’m back
It would have been much more dramatic to have fallen while putting a horse over a four-foot fence.Instead, it was a humiliating fall from...
Top grades and relationships: You have to work at it in farming, too
Nobody likes to be told that they’ve done a bad job. Think of the situation-comedy or movie scene: A junior high student has worked...
