Credit crunch crunching markets
If recent conversations with elevator managers and farmers are even slightly predictive, it's gonna be a long, cold winter in corn and soybean country...
Here is heaven on Earth for animals
There is a sweet 1834 painting by Edward Hicks titled The Peaceable Kingdom showing animals of every description relaxing together, and I have a...
Life just keeps on happening
We've all heard the saying, "Life is what happens while we're busy making plans." Well, I am in the midst of living that truth...
You win some and you lose one
It’s not easy being perfect.
Just ask my daughter’s soccer team — those kids are on fire! They played an entire outdoor season from late...
Tradition Leaves Legacy and Love
It wouldn't be Christmas for me without Spritz cookies like my Aunt Esther made. Esther Anglemyer was a wonderful baker. She was used to...
Home values are down, but values of homes are up
Endless ads saying "home for sale" are blatantly false advertising. What is for sale is a "house" -- sticks and stones and other solid things. Only the people inside it can make a "home".
Keep your farm above water in 2009: Think change
While the automakers were pushing for their bailout package on Capitol Hill this week, General Motors bought a full-page ad and admitted to consumers...
I have more grain market questions than answers
So, it is a typical Tuesday morning. Here at 9 a.m., I have made the fresh-ground one-third real Colombian Supreme and two-thirds decaf hazelnut...
Plan now for your winter feeding
Winter is here, are you ready? The single largest expense of keeping livestock is winter feeding costs. Winter feed costs will be expensive this...
No doubt the world is changing
"I will be an American farmer. American agriculture is one of the few things that still makes me proud of this country. It has...
