Before 2024 slides into history, some noteworthy farm and food updates, please, to ensure these stories go with it. First, on Dec. 10, two judges — one federal judge in Oregon, the other a Washington state judge — ruled that mega-grocer Kroger’s two-year-old, $24.6 billion bid to buy ...
Editor's note: This is part two in a two-part series. I have some good news and bad news regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The bad news is that he has been appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services. The good news is that he will not be appointed Secretary of Agriculture. Prior to the ...
Cold weather has arrived in our neck of the woods, the intense type of chill that hurts your face when you step outside. The mere act of going outdoors feels like being slapped. I grew up in the shadow of the Cold War wherein we worried about being turned into human French fries by Russian ...
Last June brought historic flooding to people all over the Midwest. With precious little warning, people watched in horror as their basements filled with flood water. Some watched it happen; others left for the danger that just being in their homes posed. In the end, many lost homes, ...
We had a fabulous autumn weather-wise, nothing to complain about although that didn’t prevent many of us from doing so. First it was too warm and too dry; then, when it started to rain, it was too cold and too wet. There’s no pleasing some people. In our neck of the woods, every snow-free ...
Every generation knows its own customs and traditions. It has always been true. I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic as I see kids and families wait for Christmas these days — with holiday ads bombarding them from every corner about expensive electronics and toys that can be delivered ...
While the president-elect continues to nominate prospective members of his incoming administration, the outgoing Congress faces a hectic sprint to complete a long list of unmet legislative duties before their pre-Christmas adjournment. And, despite post-election distractions and the ...
I can remember standing in the doorway to our home that leads to the basement looking to the west and seeing what is described as a “wall cloud” approaching. There was a different smell in the air and rumble in the distance so that all of your senses are playing into what was happening. ...
NEWS *More than 800 employees will lose their jobs in Emporia, Kansas, as Tyson Foods has announced the planned closure of its value-added marinated proteins and ground beef plant. Tyson announced the anticipated closure in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice to the ...
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 ...
