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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.
Poultry production may be ramping up
Broiler growers in the United States reportedly placed 166 million chicks for meat production, which was also up by 3 percent from November 2013.
On tragedy: There is a reason why, we just need to figure it out ourselves
Why do bad things happen to good people? And what are the rest of us supposed to do now?
Bare cupboard needs a great crop
There’s no profit in arguing with government numbers, a veteran commodity trader once moaned to me. “You might be right come two months,” he explained, “but the market might kill you in two weeks.” That advice came to mind when plowing into the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s June 2 Crop Progress Report. Despite the wettest,
Immunity depends on feeding dam’s milk fast to newborn calves
It is the Red Bull power drink for calves, and then some. We tend to take colostrum for granted, not fully appreciating how amazing this first milk is.
Deck the halls with boughs of bunnies
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges homeowners to get over Christmas, dismantle candy cane lane and put the tree away. It’s almost Easter!
One item revealed, and a new antique tool for you to identify
Hazard a guess on our newest antique tool. Can you identify this wooden item?
New foals are pure joy
New life, including new baby horses, are keeping Judith Sutherland and her husband busy on the farm.
A tribute to Anne Frances Robbins
This past weekend, America lost her 40th First Lady, Mrs. Nancy Reagan, at the age of 94.
Ohio House ag committee still working on nutrient bill
House ag committee nearing the completion of its own nutrient regulation bill.
