It’s a double whammy for beans
Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade adjusted Monday, May 19, to the Double Whammy of planting progress and Argentine news.
The great indoors no better than outdoors
If I could talk to the animals what I’d say is “Look, I don’t CARE if you never speak another word to me, but...
Farm bill OKs state-inspected meat
The battle to lift the ban on interstate shipments of state-inspected meat and poultry is almost over.
What are you reading?
Can a book titled "Love Cajun Style" be worth reading?
Hazard A Guess: Week of May 15, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Planting progress finally improves
Planting progress improved dramatically in the U.S. last week. That was the news out after the close of trading on the Chicago Board of...
Make animal welfare your business
In the 1980s, the one-hit-wonder band Rockwell rocked the charts with the song, [I Always Feel Like] Somebody's Watching Me. Turns out the band was right.
Farmers: Don’t be victims of stress
It’s that busy time a year, when trying to get the crops planted and worrying about getting the first cutting of hay off is...
Records are only valuable if you use them
Whatever activity you think of, there’s probably a world record. Somebody has licked the most envelopes in a minute, played the longest chess match...
No time for idle hands on dairy farms
“Idleness is a sign of weakness. Let no dust settle before sunset.”
— Anonymous
I grew up knowing that there would be no allowances...
