Yearly Archives: 2015
My best Thanksgiving choice
Forty years ago, 1975, a relatively mild central Illinois fall ended with a sledgehammer of a snowstorm the night before Thanksgiving. I remember it well because, as both a student and farmhand at the University of Illinois that year, I spent Thanksgiving Day milking Holsteins and pushing snow off the cow lots.
Vacation with us: Jesteadt
Bob and Janet Jesteadt, of Prospect, Pennsylvania, took an Alaskan cruise vacation Aug. 14-21. They are pictured in Anchorage, one of the ports they...
Beware of toxoplasmosis in venison
A recent study in the journal EcoHealth connects white-tailed deer and free-roaming cats to the disease toxoplasmosis.
A life’s story worth telling
An interview with a blind man and respected broom maker changed Sutherland's approach to writing narratives. It was a story worth telling in her hometown.
I am not immune
Like most insufferable people, I tend to think that perfectly common things that happen to everyone else will never actually happen to me.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 26, 2015
This week's roundup includes news from the Hillsdale FFA chapter and the Northwestern FFA chapter.
Happy Thanksgiving from the FSA family
The FSA family would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
Ten hunting tips for getting that buck
These tips will help hunters get one step closer to filling their deer tags.
John Deere sales down 20 percent in FY2015
Weakness in farm and construction equipment leads to decline in John Deere sales and earnings for year. 2016 forecast calls for sales decline of about 7 percent.
Ask Jen about Christmas gift giving
This week Around the Table is bringing you different mixes to give friends and neighbors.
