Monthly Archives: December 2011
Christmas elicits memories of bygone days, no matter how much time passes
Last December I saved a column from the Boston Globe titled "Merry Retro Christmas" and saved it because I thought it said everything about nostalgia and memories.
LETTER: There should be labels on beef
The following is a headline I read recently, "COOL is ruled WTO violation; NCBA agrees." Are you kidding me? The all-knowing minds at the NCBA have fought a battle so all of us independent cattlemen and women have no way to distinguish our product.
FSA connects farmers through its Transition Incentives Program
The Farm Service Agency has come up with a service called TIP Net. This is a tool to connect retired or retiring land owners or operators with beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers who are interested in the Transition Incentives program (TIP).
Food or fuel: What do you believe in?
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the world has never produced more food, fed more people and, simultaneously, never had so many hungry people.
All About Grazing: Winter weather nutrition for livestock
For the grazier, winter means dealing with cold temperatures, wind chill, freezing rain and mud. These weather conditions can negatively impact livestock performance and increase the energy requirement of the animal.
Dairy Excel: Farmers, tax time is approaching
As the howling winds of winter approach, it is a good time for farmers to grab a cup of coffee and start to gather their income and expenses records to determine their cost of production and profitability from 2011.
Vacation With Us… Utterback
Guy and Beth Utterback headed west to cross the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, also known as the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.
Vacation With Us… Drozdowski
Bernice and Ronald Drozdowski and Marilyn Bednarski, of Lakewood, Ohio, recently traveled to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
Modern dentistry is worth a smile!
I was talking with a lady not long ago who told me she remembered her very first trip to the dentist. It was 1936, and she had a terrible toothache, which was made worse each morning and evening when she had to milk by hand the family's three cows.