Time for some good news
Editor:On the way back from the mailbox to retrieve the newspaper, I was struck by what seemed like the 30th bad news headline in...
Illegal hunting laws need enforced
Editor:
I have never written or responded to a letter to the editor of any publication. However, I felt compelled to do so upon reading...
Infectious Diseases Society of America is inaccurate
Editor:I would like to point out several inaccuracies and distortions in the recent press release from the Infectious Diseases Society of America that was...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Dec. 18, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Seeing Red at Christmas
Am I irate and red hot because of a bad shopping experience, standing in a long check out line or coping with a rude...
Deer season, not dog season
Editor:Lyle, our 2-1/2 year old black Lab, was shot and killed by a deer hunter on our farm the second day of gun season,...
Reinvigorating the ‘American Way’
Our challenge -- and the challenge of saving the American Way -- is for Business, Labor, Agriculture and Consumers to stop pointing fingers and work together for the common good.
Credit crunch crunching markets
If recent conversations with elevator managers and farmers are even slightly predictive, it's gonna be a long, cold winter in corn and soybean country...
Here is heaven on Earth for animals
There is a sweet 1834 painting by Edward Hicks titled The Peaceable Kingdom showing animals of every description relaxing together, and I have a...
Life just keeps on happening
We've all heard the saying, "Life is what happens while we're busy making plans." Well, I am in the midst of living that truth...
