I need more wood for the stove, but…
The tall, mostly dead red oak on the eastern edge of the farmette still stands this late, long winter, saved mostly by this late,...
Congress: Be sure to read it and then pay
On Jan. 5, 2011, www.gop.gov, the website for the “House Republican Majority,” trumpeted news that its members had acted on their “promise” to “ensure...
HSUS and PETA are the least of your problems
Early February was not a good time to be an American carnivore. First, on Feb. 8, Rancho Feeding Co. of Petaluma, Calif., announced it...
The gift that keeps on giving
If you’re an ag-dependent advertising agency, a commodity organization hired hand or an ag journalist who can’t do math, commodity checkoffs are a gift...
New farm bill less than ‘miraculous’
Columnist says the new farm bill does not justify the time and work it took.
New farm bill was a shameful process
The farm bill may be settled, but the process was ugly.
Go slow on the bull market
You wouldn’t order a new pick-up truck without reserving the right to amend—choose—how the truck is equipped inside and out.
The same goes for a...
Ag’s budget math favors crop insurance
Claims of food stamp fraud just don't match up with reality.
Books, plans and farm ‘Congress’
A week or two into every new year, most folks review, often regretfully, their list of resolutions already bent, broken or buried. That never...
Congress wraps up its least productive year ever
Every year ends on Dec. 31.
Every baseball season ends with the World Series. Growing seasons end with a hard freeze and the opera season...
