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Wheat wave takes world by storm

October 11, 2007

Maybe the unseasonably hot temperatures that blistered the Midwest most of September can be traced to global warming, solar flares or the high volume of hot air blowing westward from Washington.

Fall brings indoor farm chores, too

Dianne Shoemaker -

October 11, 2007

Corn silage is in and combines are running everywhere. When corn and beans are dry and the ground is fit to drive over, a good manager knows it is time to attend to these tasks.

National 4-H Week: October 7-13

Laurie Marlatt Steeb -

October 11, 2007

My friend Judi and I discussed plans for our club: delegating, decorating, and, of course, our talks almost always lead to food.

Practice makes perfect sense

Kymberly Foster Seabolt -

October 11, 2007

They are to stand in three (almost) straight lines on the shiny wooden floor. Tennis shoes screech loudly in that nails-on-chalkboard yet oddly satisfying way that they sometimes do on gymnasium floors, as 46 feet swivel into position.

Fox has lost its plume, not its pluck

Janie Jenkins -

October 11, 2007

Even above the 6 o'clock newscast I could hear an insistent voice - that of a chickadee calling over and over, and loudly, from the back porch.

World’s biggest tractor breaks world record

Other News -

October 11, 2007

WARWICKSHIRE, England - By cultivating an area the size of a football field every two minutes, the world's biggest tractor - a 570hp, AGCO Challenger MT875B - has set a world record.