Yearly Archives: 2011
Planning on passing on your farm?
Estate planning workshop might be worth day out of the fields.
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy– Honey comes from bees
Hello Again,A deep red Gerber daisy from my daughter for Mother’s Day. A soft pink geranium that was given to us by our Master...
U.S. DOT says no to new regulations for American ag community
Guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation will ensure states continue to use commonsense in applying existing safety rules.
Fainting goat shares her life story
(Editor’s note: With a busy season and remodeling projects under way, guest columnist and fainting goat Ms. O’Malley is taking a turn filling in...
Federal government may force farmers to get CDL to operate on the road
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking at all safety concerns regarding traffic on roadways and is wondering if CDL's should be required for farmers.
A real worker finds something to do
The undercooked thought and overbaked talk that endlessly paralyzes Washington would not have gone far on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth before someone, boss or hired hand alike, would have condemned the yak and urged all to "get to work."
Cicada killers are vampires of the insect world
On hot summer days, the pulsing drone of dog day cicadas reminds us that outside temperatures flirt with 90 degrees. It's also fair warning to be on the lookout for a monstrous insect, the cicada killer.
Count your blessings in disguise
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way we cope with it is what makes the...
How the 1940 Nash slipped through my hands
As most of you don't remember, my birthday falls early in August and I always wax a little nostalgic around this time. For a number of years, I've had a low grade itch to own an old car or truck, but hate to spend the money that people want for most of them.
NOAA: 2011 brings U.S. fourth warmest July on record
Persistent, scorching heat in the central and eastern regions of the United States shattered long-standing daily and monthly temperature records last month, making it the fourth warmest July on record nationally, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
