Spring Dairy Expo is quite an event
Spring lifts all our spirits. It is the season that allows us the time to step away from reality and renew our hopes for...
No bank should be too big to fail
The biggest maker or breaker of business in rural America is not Washington rulemakers, state environmental agencies or local taxing bodies. Instead, it's usually...
How I spend my Wednesdays with Jack
While the emotionally-charged book Tuesday with Morrie made it big for author Mitch Albom, I feel I have a masterpiece that could certainly share...
May is the best month of the year
May brings the best transitions of the year. Neotropical migrants return, wildflowers bloom and butterflies emerge. It's my favorite month. I find it hard...
Plan now for the summer slump
What are you going to do this summer when growth in your cool-season pastures slows down? What will you do if they stop growing...
The Cookie Crumbles This Way
Homemade cookies are always a welcome treat, so when I received a request for chewy cookie recipes, I didn't have to think twice.
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Hazard A Guess: Week of April 30, 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).
Big biz and the big university
When David Chicoine explains his new, part-time job -- one of 11 members of the board of directors at seed giant Monsanto Co. --...
Parenting 101: Cajoling and punishment
I suspect that civilization, as a whole, took a nosedive the very moment people started trying to reason with children. Children are, by nature,...
It’s been such a long time coming
"It is late April. Daylight comes now around 4 o'clock. While the sky is still dark roosters begin to crow from various farms in...
