Renegade ATV riders just plain slobs
Growing up, my sister Carol and I turned just about every corner of our parents' 98 acres into our own personal playhouse.
Fighting terrorism on the home front
It's been more than three years since Sept. 11, 2001. And each day, our focus on that horrendous tragedy blurs.
No one has it made in the shade
Made in America. We've all known for a long time that the U.S. consumer is two-faced.
We say we want to support local produce growers but, golly, those Wal-Mart green peppers are cheaper.
Little in platforms to lure farm vote
Does it matter to farmers who wins in November?
We'd know more if we knew where they stood on the farm issues.
Farms can’t hide from odor issues
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, backed away from offering a controversial ag amendment to the appropriations bill last week, but he hasn't given up the fight.
I’m a unique mom, just ask my kids
I have a new name.
I haven't heard it here at work (yet), but I hear it nonstop at home.
One day, I turned on my cellular phone and there it was, staring at me for just a second before the system booted up: Freak.
Bush and Kerry come a-courtin’
As November's election nears, U.S. presidential candidates are criss-crossing the country to woo rural America, particularly Ohio.
Working farms are getting squeezed
In June, a statewide task force in Minnesota released its Animal Agriculture Industry Report. It's 60 pages, but it's good reading.
Striving to be ‘faster, higher, stronger’
The thrill of victory transcends the risks those crazy Winter Olympic athletes take. And we love them for it, commentst Editor Susan Crowell.
