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While Congress is on recess, there is much we can still learn
Congress left a lot undone, before going on summer recess.
Books, plans and farm ‘Congress’
A week or two into every new year, most folks review, often regretfully, their list of resolutions already bent, broken or buried. That never happened on the big southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth for one simple reason: We never made any New Year’s resolutions. We didn’t. Honest. In fact, I can’t recall one
No farm bill in 2013, officials eye January for next action
Farm bill battle will continue into another year … again.
A day in the life of an incubating hen turkey
At about 7:15 Monday morning I settled into a comfy spot about 20 yards from the edge of the woods. My intent was to experience the migration, by sight and sound, from a single spot. It was chilly, about 42 degrees, but I was dressed for it — polar fleece jacket and wool cap. With
Corn, soybeans sink on winter news
USDA says we may plant 96 million acres of corn. They look for 76 million acres of soybeans, although there is some thinking that we could see as much as 79.75 million acres. Last year we planted 77.198 million.
Can’t duck crop insurance disaster
Many on Capitol Hill are quick to point out that “If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.” What they never add is that this little blinding glimpse of the obvious has never stopped legislative quackery in the past and it’s not stopping it now. Drought impact For example,
Pink slime push-back: Someone smarter, or more emotional, than me has to figure this out
Maybe the ag industry needs to listen more and talk less. Maybe we need to bring in more outsiders, and ask them, “what would a customer think about this?” We might have seen the pink slime push-back coming.
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
Another citizen science opportunity — Firefly Watch
About a week ago while sitting on the back porch watching night fall, I saw the first golden flash of summer. Soon a dozen fireflies, or lightning bugs as they are often called, patrolled the backyard. Another handful flashed from perches in the tall grass on the edge of the yard. Flashing fireflies mean summer
Improvement in cattle prices expected
The beef production sector has suffered one of the most dramatic negative impacts from the general economy, according to a Purdue University agricultural economist. This sector also has the potential to have one of the most dramatic positive responses when the world returns to greater normalcy. “As beef cow numbers continue to drop, beef exports
