Berry Season Begins
This spring at our house, we've sampled a couple packages of shipped-in strawberries. They garnish a pretty plate, aren't bad on cereal , but we're still waiting for strawberries fresh from our local patches.
Take care of your round bales, and they’ll take care of your livestock
Storing hay, after production, has a cost to the farm operator in terms of time, effort and machinery required to move bales from production areas to storage areas and then to feeding areas.
Sir Isaac Newton meets Congress
Newton's Third Law of Motion, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," has direct application to the physics of farm bills.
Graduation brings a new chapter
Life is made up of a million and one ordinary days, but into this mix are sprinkled some truly momentous moments, usually spread out with wonderful harmony and the balance of time.
School’s out for summer: Employing minors can be complex
With the school year coming to a close in the next few weeks, many students will be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks ranging from baling hay to milking cows to operating machinery.
Common ground: Europe is changing
If you believe the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill process is complicated - 2 million farmers, 435 representatives, 100 senators, innumerable ideas - it's a simple souffl
Something to be said for stubbornness
Traveling newsman Charles Kuralt once described the farmers of this nation as one of the most stubborn breeds of man alive, and I have never forgotten it.
Advice for life: Get up eight
Dear Annette, You're done. No more high school. No more bells, study halls or varsity volleyball. No more sock hops, pep rallies or lunchroom drama.
Little Sister and Ori together again
They are together again, Ori and Little Sister. Never before has this house been utterly silent. Never before has this house been virtually empty except for Lisa who misses her friend almost as much as I do.
Catching a guy is a hole lot of work, dig?
I have come to the conclusion that all the single women I know are spending far too much time worrying about how to meet men.
