Grain markets: Low prices, but more demand
Two old axioms of the grain trade cropped up in conversations last week. One is that a big crop keeps getting bigger. The other...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 17, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Broadband access: We have to bridge the digital divide
If we dropped Congress in the middle of a no-access zone, how quickly do you think we'd have broadband Internet access nationwide?
The roofers are here
I used to think the four sweetest words in the English language were "Will you marry me?" or "It's a healthy boy!" (Or girl)....
FSA Andy for Sept. 17, 2009
Hello again!It seems as though "going green" is all the rage. More and more people are looking for environmentally friendly, sustainable and all natural...
Accumulated numbers we love
As many Eastern Cornbelt farmers nervously estimate just how many frost-free days (weeks?) they'll yet need to bin an almost certain to-be-late harvest, it's...
Where has all the innocence gone?
"If you're in the wrong place, the right things don't happen."-- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1942
There are some things we are given absolutely no choice...
Yes, I did make it to Canfield Fair
Happy Halloween! In case you hadn't noticed, even before Labor Day Halloween decorations were on shelves in stores and at even some houses.Maybe we...
The unseen migration of the mature American eels
"Fall migration" conjures up images of honking, south-bound geese and monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico. Each autumn we marvel at the long...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 3, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
