Maybe the reason you see black when people see white or you say ”down” when they say “up” is because — in these troubling times — black is white and up is down. Here’s what I mean. On March 2, according to Reuters, an upbeat President Donald Trump “alerted American farmers ...
I am a member of the American Carbon Alliance consisting of a broad group of farmers, commodity organizations, biofuel and carbon industry representatives with the same agenda. Primarily that is to support the ag economy and stakeholders in it. At the last meeting, John Gareston, John ...
Welp — harvest time is here again, as evidenced by my view out the kitchen window. It creeps up on us, much like the underwear we had to borrow from our cousin because that same cousin dunked us in the cow tank earlier in the day. It’s a story told for generations on the farm, but ...
NEWS *USDA’s latest net farm income forecast projects net farm income at $179.8 billion. That’s sharply higher than one year ago. The livestock sector is driving much of that improvement with cash receipts expected to reach a record $299 billion. Meanwhile, crop receipts are estimated at ...
Harvest time is approaching, if not here. For some, it’s approach creates feelings of panic if summer projects aren’t finished and there is still haying to be done, while the impending manual labor of pre-harvest preparation and maintenance – and harvest itself – is sliding quickly ...
It was sad to see her go. We’d been together for so long — nearly 20 years — that she had come to seem like a member of the family. Time had clearly taken its toll; she didn’t have nearly the same levels of vim and vigor as in her younger days. But I still very much enjoyed her ...
NEWS *Ag reality television star Steve A. McBee’s Gallatin, Missouri, farm has defaulted on a loan with a major agricultural financier just ahead of McBee’s scheduled Oct. 16 sentencing in federal court on crop insurance fraud. McBee and McBee Family Farms have defaulted on a $1.3 million ...
September usually marks a turning point of sorts for most people. Summer turns to fall, vacation turns to school, and the green hope and promise of growing crops turns into the yellow and gold of harvest. This September feels different, though. First is that impending harvest. On Aug. 12, ...
The simple answer is continuity. That takes multigenerational interest, intention and transition. It also requires tenacity. Legacy must be accepted by all generations involved to happen. When the subscriber group came recently on their annual crop tour to check our fields, I gave those riding ...
There are probably many vocations that make filthy clothing multiply like rabbits — a mechanic, a miner, septic tank workers, plumbers (ask my husband about our basement sewer pipe incident to find out how I know that); veterinarians, road construction workers — and daycare providers of ...