What a year for animal owners in Ohio
Editor:
This year started out with Humane Society of the United States hiring signature gathers who lied to the people about what they were signing....
FSA Andy: Farm Service Agency
Hello friends,It's an important time of year for the Farm Service Agency. Ballots for this year's county committee election were mailed to eligible voters...
Soil, what an amazing resource!
OK I admit it ... I love soil. I know that kind of makes me a freak (at least that what my wife tells...
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...
Be thankful for the tiny things
Sometimes, the only dose of medicine that makes any sense at all is time spent in the innocence of a child's playroom kitchen. Last...
Always cows; usually a turkey
On the 100-cow, southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, two hearty helpings of Holsteins were always on the Thanksgiving Day menu. In between...
I still have a lot to be thankful for in life
On this week and day of Thanksgiving, we all have so much to be thankful for. As our family sits down to a bountiful...
These nature books make great holiday gifts
I’ve got a bookshelf of titles to recommend as holiday gifts this year, so each gets just a thumbnail description.Suffice to say, if it’s...
Nature books make great holiday gifts
I've got a bookshelf of titles to recommend as holiday gifts this year, so each gets just a thumbnail description.Suffice to say, if it's...
Thrown by the ‘urban cowboy’ grain market
We in the grain business are hanging on with both hands to the mechanical bull market. It goes up, it goes down, and it eventually throws you off on your face.
