The unforgettable flight of the butterfly
Julie Geiss recalls a monarch butterfly migration she was lucky enough to witness during her youth.
Big Meat Gang not slim, but kind of shady
Learn how meatpackers used lobbyists to influence policy related to staffing requirements amid COVID-19 and how the death of Tony Corbo may compound things.
Summer’s end brings happy memories
Judith Sutherland's grandson and great-nephew enjoy watching the kicker baler make its way across her western boundary field.
Livestock grazing styles make a difference for pasture management
Learn how sheep, goats, cows and horses harvest their food on pasture, and how that knowledge can help you finetune your pasture management.
With cows, know when to hold ’em
Learn how to determine when to voluntarily cull cows from the herd based on income over feed costs and non-feed direct/variable costs.
Early soybean, corn harvest blunts market rally
December corn futures dropped almost a dime, November soybeans crashed 18 cents, December Chicago wheat dipped 19 cents of the recent gains, in one day.
Don’t take down your bird feeders just yet
Birds that are getting ready to leave this area, as well as those just passing through, need that extra energy provided by feeders for their long migration.
We still have not learned our lesson
Alan Guebert worries that rather than learning lessons in 2020, Americans have squandered most of the year, over $4 trillion and almost 200,000 lives.
Soil testing can help farmers make land more productive
Soil tests can provide a lot of information that can help guide you with what you should be putting on your fields.
By-product lime and lime analysis
Learn more about using lime and lime by-products to improve the soil on your farm.
