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...
Harrison County Junior Livestock Sale thanks
Editor:The 2009 annual Harrison County Junior Fair Livestock Sale has come and gone, and was a tremendous success. A special thanks goes out to...
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).
Angels, angst, alcohol and a quick trip to the ER
There are any number of reasons why I will never be crowned Mother of the Year, but the truth is, I removed myself from...
Sleeping with the fishes
If mega-biz is to be believed, the new antitrust chief in the Obama Department of Justice, Christine A. Varney, is really a hurricane whose...
Preparing for corn silage harvest
Cooler temperatures are upon us, the Farm Science Review is just a few days away, as are the best seven days in September --...
The miracle of monarch migration
Changing day length bird migration triggers bird migration because photoperiod is the only absolutely reliable environmental cue that signals birds that keeps seasonal time....
Grain marketing rules have changed
We can't go back to the markets of 2008.
Obama school speech furor: You can tell it was a slow news day
"Parents, if you want to worry about what's going on in our public schools, you've got a lot more to be concerned about than our president attempting to encourage your child to get an education."
Daisy was a member of the family
When my daughter, Emma, turned 9 (she's now 20), she asked for only one thing -- a yellow Lab puppy. She had been reading...
