Family vacation: Sunny days or bust
As if Andrew and Rita didn't do enough damage, pity the great state of Florida which now has the Seabolts to contend with. When...
Winter is sneaking out the back door
How exciting! A chipmunk on the back porch!And six red-winged blackbirds! And snowdrops pushing through the snow! And robins galore splashing through the mini-lakes...
Mixed USDA news lowers grain market
USDA's March crop production report says we have the highest ending stocks of 12 years. That cannot be a good thing, comments grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 11, 2010
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
Let’s hope workshop on competition in agriculture produces results
Farm seed prices almost tripled in four years and, unlike other big input markets, now show no sign of backing -- or even letting -- up. Columnist Alan Guebert wades in to the ag competition fray.
Renovation mood blows hot and cold
Exactly one day after agreeing to purchase our ancient wreck of a house, we discovered, as do many young marrieds, that the good Lord...
Dairy “COW”reers Day: Lots of career options in dairy field
"Thinking outside of the box." We use the phrase to refer to a nontraditional idea. Perhaps the exact definition isn't so important, but we...
Childhood farm chores give kids a solid foundation
One of my favorite things to do is to chat with a member of our oldest generation about the chores they had to complete...
Bad timing for a weak grain market
Farmers are facing the need to sell corn for spring cash flow into a weak market that continues lower over the last few days.
Leave the American farmer alone
Editor: Fellow farmers and future farmers, anyone involved in the agricultural industry and anyone who claims to be an American. I am writing this...
