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Post-its are a big help with all the lists

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Now the endless lists begin. What did we ever do BP — Before Post-its — because the list never happens to be where we are. Or is it beneath the living-breathing (I’ll swear) pile of papers, envelopes, CDs, notes that remind us of something we were supposed to do yesterday that accumulates and grows at

Corn production prospects ‘uncertain’

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

URBANA, Ill. — Assuming that the majority of the corn crop gets planted before the middle of May, prospects for a 2008 average U.S. yield at or above trend will be maintained, said a University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist. “The question is whether trend yield will be sufficient,” said Darrel Good. “An estimate of

Looking for answers to old problems

Thursday, February 23, 2006

On any other day, the Jan. 23 confirmation that another BSE-carrying cow had been discovered in Canada would have rocked that nation and its Canadian beef-importing neighbor to the south.

Confessions of an errant cow milker

Thursday, December 2, 2004

Based on the e-mails, brickbats and live grenades sent me the last few weeks, it’s time to come clean: I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

New Year’s Eve not what it once was

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Time has a way of running out this time of year, and with horror I realized this morning – the day after Christmas – that a column had to be in by 10 a.

Studying real problems… like a failing beauty potion

Thursday, January 16, 2003

Rather than launching telescopes into outer space, columnist Kymberly Seabolt wonders why we don’t use that money, and intelligence, for the good of the people instead. “A bizarre, torridly hot planet with clouds and raindrops made of iron was discovered by astronomers using a new technique designed to search for Earth-like planets in far-off solar

Kitchen, house chores in days of old

Thursday, August 1, 2002

Enjoy today’s modern kitchen conveniences because, as columnist Roy Booth relates this week, these creature comforts weren’t always around.

Johanns puts Bush budget on table

Thursday, February 9, 2006

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released details Feb. 6 of President Bush’s FY 2007

Hog expansion outlook is cautious

Thursday, September 9, 2004

URBANA, Ill. – Plans by hog producers to expand their operations should be kept at very modest levels, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.

Guest Commentary: When family business transition makes no sense

Thursday, August 16, 2001

Virginia Tech farm management expert David M. Kohl voices tough questions families need to face to secure the future of their farm transition.