Power to the people: My so-called pioneer life
By Day Two, when the power company was reporting that it might be a WEEK until we got power -- plucky and intrepid had morphed into a deepening sense of dread.
Duncan’s Story Part I
As Kathie and I left my brother Tom's house one Sunday night, on our way to our old Voyager van, we were met by...
Outside markets dominate grain prices
Based on the fundamentals and the technicals both, we should have been lower Sept. 22. What happened? Outside markets happened, with a vengeance.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 25, 2008
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Pigs have feelings, too
A reader — an actual pig, in fact — sent the following e-mail:
Sir: Recently you, others in the media and several politicians referred...
Feeding calf brings back memories
"In the back pasture, a newborn calf arrived this morning, all wobbly-legged and glistening wet. The sun warmed us as we walked across the...
Advice for feeding the birds this season
With the official start of fall and chilly morning temperatures, it's time resume feeding backyard birds. But if you haven't purchased any bird seed...
Ramp On!
A ramp is a sloping path or access way, a movable set of stairs, or it even "verbs" itself by increasing something gradually, but...
Enjoy each September day to its fullest
We are only given so many Septembers, and columnist Judith Sutherland intends to enjoy each one she has been granted.
You might be eligible for farmland cleanup funds
There is the possibility the USDA's Emergency Conservation Program has been implemented in your county by your local county committee to help with Ike cleanup efforts.
