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New life in our barn for Christmas

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Just when they thought Doris would be packing her bags, she brings a gift of a fine Christmas ewe lamb to Sutherland’s farm. Doris the Dorset has done it again.

November’s gardening to-do list

Saturday, November 7, 2015

This month, you can pick up where you left off with October’s gardening chores and make sure your lawn and garden are ready for winter.

Time for a checkup: Corn silage quality may be highly variable this year

Thursday, October 22, 2015

So for the feeding program on the farm, it’s the time of the year when we need to do a checkup on the corn silage.

Nothing beats ‘summer school’

Thursday, August 27, 2015

As the simplicity of summertime bows to bus schedules, long days and short nights, it still makes me wistful after all these years.

A world of extraordinary beauty

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Children were called upon to accomplish all sorts of things, and if a scary old grandfather asked a child to play checkers after the chores were done, there was no getting out of it.

How to protect your garden from birds

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Some birds can be a nuisance in the garden, but there are simple ways for gardeners to scare birds off and lessen the damage done to fruits and vegetables.

The future of food and farming will look a lot like our past

Thursday, February 26, 2015

To look ahead, we also need to look behind, at where we’ve been.

Grandmother knew joys of hard work

Thursday, September 11, 2014

One person I have long admired is someone I never had the chance to meet.

PEDv; USDA offers funds for swine virus reporting and research

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The number of market-ready hogs this summer could fall by more than 10 percent because of PEDv.

Commentary: Science doesn’t support GMO labels

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

The science of food safety doesn’t support mandatory GMO or biotech food labels.