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True tales from the tractor seat
In the early 1970s, I finished spraying a field, and parked the tractor at the driveway with the booms still out. Then, I forgot about it.
Hog producers may see modest profits
URBANA, Ill. — Hog producers may see modest profits in 2009, depending upon costs of production and other factors, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. “The industry has had six consecutive quarters of losses from the final quarter of 2007 through the first quarter of 2009,” said Chris Hurt. “The return to profits sometime
Annual report highlights growth and success of cooperative business sector
WASHINGTON — National Consumer Cooperative Bank, a leading financial services company, released its annual National Consumer Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 listing the nation’s 100 highest revenue-earning cooperative businesses, totaling more than $173 billion in 2007. The National Consumer Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 debuted in 1991, and for the past 17 years, has been the only
Pasture pals: Can goats and cattle graze same fields?
JACKSON, Ky. — What would happen if cattle grazed the same pastures with goats? That’s exactly what University of Kentucky College of Agriculture specialists are collaborating with a Breathitt County farmer to find out. Onfarm lab For the past two years, retired fireman turned farmer Arch Sebastian has offered his land as a research “lab”
Rita and Pinky: Pink Farmall stands for something
WARREN, Ohio — Get over it, Rita Kibler says. Get over the fact that she’s a female tractor puller, one who frequently tops the competition, and one who happens to sit atop a custom-painted pink Farmall. Get over it, she says, because it’s not just a tractor. It’s a healing tool she uses to get
House guests provide inspiration
If there is one thing that will get you off your duff, whether or not you feel like it, it is the impending arrival of out-of-town guests. Suddenly, your reasonably clean house and reasonably tidy barn look filthy, your just-mowed lawn seems to have turned into a hay field, your adequate supply of food and
On My Mind: Paying respects to the good times
It usually began this time of year. On my every-Saturday-night telephone calls to my sister in New England, I would ask, “When are you coming?” and she’d laugh and we knew her annual summer visit was still a long way away, but we’d still look forward to it. But as Barbara and I both aged,
Uncle Honey: dangerous, but sweet
The last week of July and first week of August were always the longest and hottest weeks of the year on the southern Illinois’ farm of my youth.
Who Are You, And What Planet Are You From?
We settled on a bench across from the pond in Salem’s Waterworth Park. Several varieties of ducks and geese floated leisurely across the water.
Science is not for sissies
If there is anything to be learned from the third grade it is that I have long suspected, but only recently proven, that teachers go into the educational profession not because they love children, but rather, because they hate parents.
