Tag: commentary
With a little hocus pocus, taxpayers pay for more crop insurance
Alan Guebert thinks federal crop insurance is beginning to look like federal dairy policy: arcane, costly and incomprehensible to all but the subsidized few.
Lightning round lambing ends 2022
A crazy ending to winter lambing was a fitting end to 2022 for Rebecca Miller. On to 2023.
A tribute to Duane Miller, a good dad
Rebecca Miller reflects on the legacy of her dad, Duane Miller. He died Sept. 5, 2022.
In Greenland, a chance for respite, reconnection
Rebecca Miller travels north with North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference, and is reminded of what connects all of us.
Limping through a lambing and out of 2021
Farming is often like dancing on the edge of a knife, and Rebecca Miller's winter lambing on the farm put that on full display.
Are you OK? Because we’re not.
In these trying times, Rebecca Miller wouldn’t mind standing in a field with other similarly overwhelmed folks and letting loose with a good yell right now.
Learning to tend to birds
A lifetime of sheep farming didn't prepare Rebecca Miller for tending to birds. Here's to learning something new.
Instead of meat in or meat out, meet in the middle
Rebecca Miller says meat in or out days are yet another side effect of the increasing separation between the general public and people who produce food.
Let me set the record straight
Farm and Dairy is the region's ag paper of record. We're proud of that standing, we love agriculture and we'll continue to cover it with professionalism.
‘We need to build bridges to people’
We will keep our eyes on the big picture. We will seek to engage with what’s going on. Hopefully, in doing so, we will continue to build bridges to people.
