‘Power Cards’ are keys to success
If you make a living on a ranch, that's a success. Just living on a ranch is a success. Heck, just taking one more...
The GIPSA watchdog better bite
Who is J. Dudley Butler and why are meatpackers and their allies saying nasty things about the courtly, 61-year-old from Yazoo County, Miss.? The...
Today’s ag progress and farm science
We can't continue to make ag progress -- scientific or technological progress -- unless we confront the role of public opinion in today's agriculture.
Find comfort in Farm and Dairy
Isn't it reassuring, in this scary world, to open the pages of Farm and Dairy especially in fair time and to see pictures of...
FSA Andy for Aug. 20, 2009
Hello again!Recently, dairy and livestock producers have been struggling financially with low milk and livestock prices. It does not appear that this situation is...
Memoirs of a Bat Girl
It is clear that despite my long-standing personal “hands off” policy toward nature, I am destined to go down in history as one of...
Bird names aren’t always what they seem to be
Anyone who has ever perused a field guide to birds has no doubt wondered how some of the names originated.
By convention, the person...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Aug. 13, 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).
Friends Are Worth Celebrating Any Day of the Year
National Best Friend's Day happens on two distinct dates in the year: June 8 and Aug. 15. So which one is it?
Lost Ladybug Project is a chance for citizen science
For the last 10 years, many of us have been plagued by ladybugs invading our homes each fall. That's why it may be hard...
