Not knowing beans about seed corn
Love him or hate him, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore has his self-described "America's biggest slacker" act down pat.
Few fan-o-grams in columnist’s mail
It's been more than a year since readers have had their say in this weekly space, so, in the spirit of this election season - warning: mudballs ahead - here's their take on my take of agriculture.
Autumn leaves bring world of hope
The words "Fall Classic" meant nothing to me on the dairy farm of my youth until 1964.
That year, after 18 years of futility, the St.
USDA head blatantly campaigning
Officially, the 2004 presidential election kicked off Labor Day. Unofficially, the Bush re-election effort at the U.
USDA makes effort to politicize local FSA offices; your seat may be open
In what many are calling a power grab, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman used authority given the USDA in the 2002 Farm Bill to propose new guidelines that alter the composition and shorten the terms of locally-elected county Farm Service Agency (FSA) committees.
Livestock needs tomorrow’s solutions
Two fact-laden summer reports on animal agriculture nearly mirror each other on the woe faced by many American dairy, cattle and hog producers.
Platforms tell real presidential story
Before rural America loses an eye to campaign mudballs, election year slime and rose-colored lies, let's go where farm and ranch voters rarely venture.
Farm and Food File: Your vote doesn’t count at the WTO
The most important election in farm country this fall won't be in presidential swing states like Iowa and Wisconsin nor will it involve mad cows, angry Brazilians or even promise-spewing, glad-handing politicians.
Where have you gone Danny, Pat, Dan, Trevor?
Before September becomes a blur of harvest dust, election mud and campaign slurs, it's time to catch up on some of the characters who have waltzed through this space.
Crop report prompts prognostication
It happened again the other evening, just as it happens every year after the USDA farmer-rattling August Crop Production Report.
