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Deermice link plants to predators
When I checked my nest boxes this week, about half were still occupied — by mice. When I gently probed the mass of dried leaves with a stick, it was only a moment before I had a mouse running down my leg. Deermice and white-footed mice commonly use nest boxes intended for cavity-nesting birds, and
The company you keep says it all
In the long, expensive battle fought by U.S. farmers to make corn-based ethanol the premier alternative fuel in America, few Washington influence peddlers fought harder and spent more in opposition to it than the American Petroleum Institute. In fact, you name the biofuel issue and API and its fat checkbook made it into a bare-knuckle
Ruffed grouse, masters of disguise
Finding an ovenbird nest is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Unless you follow this drably colored warbler to its domed, oven-like nest on the ground, you’ve got to be lucky. As I pressed my luck a few days ago, I followed an ovenbird with binoculars as it moved along the forest floor.
China poised as Calculating Giant
China is a Calculating Giant, assessing its options, positioning itself for continued dominance — particularly on the world food scene.
Preparing a path for the next generation (Part 1)
For Henry “Junior” Wengerd, the farm is everything. It’s a school for his children, a nursing home for his parents and the place he wants to retire. It’s much more than a way to make a living. For Wengerd and his family, the farm is a way to make a life.
Reliving The Personal Touch
When I think back to my trick-or-treating days as a kid, my memories strike a contrast with the door-to-door invasions we think of today.
Winter’s discontent leads to disaster
This is not the column I intended to write today. This column should be titled, For Women Only. There are so many “to dos” on my list of columns to write, but an abrupt change in my life has put them on hold for another time.
Patience is a missing commodity
Columnist Judith Sutherland says patience and family farms go hand in hand.
Veterans’ courage continues to inspire
Columnist Judith Sutherland shares why she thinks Veteran’s Day should be observed more than just once a year.
What color matches a deer head?
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt searches for the perfect dining room paint color to match her husband’s mounted deer head.
