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Is wheat straw worth something? Yes!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Be sure to know what nutrients you’re taking off that field.

Market Monitor: Another leg up in the grain market

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Six weeks ago, and a little more, we finally made the big highs in corn and soybeans. I had been impatient, had predicted highs several times, and was finally right. As prices broke there were, as usual, technicians who said there was still room on the chart for one more leg up. Leg up Then

Soil and water supervisors needed

Thursday, September 30, 2010

As fall is fast approaching many soil and water districts are planning their annual meetings. This means they are looking for qualified candidates to run for their board of supervisors. Each district has five board members, and they are elected for three-year terms. The election takes place at the SWCD’s annual meeting. Residents and landowners

Slow crop harvest, but a fast market

Thursday, November 5, 2009

December corn futures gained 9 cents in the last five minutes of trade Monday. Traders seemed to be reacting to fears of lack of harvest progress. USDA released new harvest numbers after the close that seemed to confirm the bullishness. December futures had a 24-cent range from high to low Monday. We had a spike

Grocery bills get a little bit smaller

Monday, April 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — Retail food prices at the supermarket dropped slightly for the second consecutive quarter, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare a meal was $47.41, down about 5.5 percent or $2.80 from the fourth

Beef producers should think globally

Friday, July 18, 2008

DENVER — Beef producers should think globally when considering their future, a leading Washington insider told cattle producers at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. Jim Wiesemeyer, vice president, policy and trade issues, for Informa Economics Inc., told about 700 producers at the opening session that exports are “going to be your margins in the future.

Music triggers landslide of memories

Thursday, June 21, 2007

I hopped in my car early yesterday morning. My daughter Caroline had borrowed my car the day before, and left her music behind.

Horses ‘utterly horror-stricken’

Thursday, August 26, 2004

“For those who did not drive one, automobiles were an unmitigated nuisance and often provided even dangerous situations.

Sparks From Over The Hill

Thursday, April 20, 2006

I made up my mind years ago that I’d probably never own a new car. It’s not that I would mind flaunting its perks as I drive around, but the final answer for the math behind a new vehicle purchase is too impractical for my style, even if I could afford one.

Little Sister and Ori together again

Thursday, May 24, 2007

They are together again, Ori and Little Sister. Never before has this house been utterly silent. Never before has this house been virtually empty except for Lisa who misses her friend almost as much as I do.