As we march toward late fall and when the white stuff falls, our minds are occupied with all the tasks to complete and the ones which need to begin. One thing we can be thankful for is that the first big blizzard aimed for the four-corner area involving Colorado, New Mexico, as well as parts ...
ESTHERVILLE — Farm families have, for generations, had a love affair with sweet corn. But the job of shucking and silking it is the first arduous part of getting sweet corn on the table or in the freezer. Gary Myers found a way to make the silking part of the process simpler, and the ...
ROCKWELL CITY — To a casual observer, harvest 2024 on Richard Bahls’ farm looked much like it does any year, yet this was no ordinary fall. This was the final harvest before Bahls retires from farming, and he had some excellent help — direct from Germany. “Sascha Boden, who was a ...
Every pre-election poll for the U.S. presidential race saw it as a too-close-to-call nail biter. Not one predicted the sweeping victory posted by former, now President-Elect Donald J. Trump. How did all miss the coming rout? And rout it was. Trump swept all seven of the swing states, a feat ...
Political pollsters and analysts proved once again that election outcomes are hard to call and getting it right, so often as to have had a good track record, doesn’t mean much for the accuracy of forecasting the next. Ann Selzer, Peter Zeihan, Micheal Moore, James Carville, Dr. Allen Lichtman ...
With all the factors that go into producing high-yield crops, from seed selection to proper fertilization to weed control — what about controlling soil erosion? “Now’s a key time to revisit the principles of soil health and think about what can be improved for future growing ...
BOONE — On any Century Farm with a building site, there are certain structures that have defined the property for generations. At Red Granite Farm northeast of Boone, those features include the windmill, a massive boulder and the classic, 1915 gable-roof barn. “The barn is too iconic ...
I recently took an exciting ride in a spendy vehicle, the kind that comes with a price tag well into the six figures. A Bently? A Rolls? A Dragon spaceship? Nope. It was my neighbor’s combine. Modern combines are a marvel of high technology. Their cabs feature multiple touch ...
I’ve been reading with great fascination about turkeys, as the most highly-anticipated of all holiday feasts awaits us — the Thanksgiving banquet. Oh, I’ve trifled through many a turkey display at the store with hostess sweat and determined elbows — choosing the best of the turkeys ...
ALBERT CITY — Sometimes an old building looks so authentic it’s easy to assume it has always been there. Consider the big red barn toward the south end of the Albert City Threshermen & Collectors Association’s (ACTCA) property. “That barn was originally located on a farm two ...
