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Grasshoppers and pumpkins
Eliza Blue discusses the surprising benefits grasshoppers had on her winter squash plants this year.
Abstractions, distractions, subtraction
Alan Guebert ponders what Americans face this week, after national elections — straight up arithmetic or political mathematics.
Author shared farm life observations
Clovis Webb had left his tractor and hay baler overnight in a rented field on the old Monroe County Poor Farm, which is no longer used for the poor. The Soil Conservation Service share-rented the hayfield to Clovis. The field was fenced, but the night he left his tractor there vandals cut the fence and
Managing small pastures in a drought
Interest in homesteads with five acres or less is growing. However, grazing can be challenging on small acreage. Use these tips to manage small pastures.
Perfectly imperfect
Despite the imperfections and mishaps of the holiday, Kymberly Foster Seabolt’s 50th Christmas was better than perfect.
Buying insurance isn’t fun, but can make a big difference
Insurance serves an invaluable purpose, even though you hope you never need it.
Let’s toast to a better new year
Last year is now in the rear-view mirror, and most producers are not sorry to see it go.
Truth and the slime situation stinks
It’s hard to mix today’s politics with today’s food and not get slime, slimed or both.
Farm and Food File: Gee, what a coincidence…
In a Jan. 27 conference call with Wall Street analysts, the president and CEO of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, the world’s leading supplier of potash, couldn’t offer “an exact number” where potash prices might nick demand.
On the road to France, where buckets of butter and veal fill their stomachs
When the lovely Catherine and I travel, we often follow a plan that is purposely vague. Sure, we know where we’re going, but the route we drive, fly or canoe to reach it often could be described as “north out of Des Moines” or “turn right at Amarillo.” This year’s big adventure, however, defied footloose:
