| Owing to decisions made by my ancestors a century ago, I am a child of the Great Plains. Had my Great-Grandfather Janssen chosen otherwise, South Dakota may have been the state of my nativity instead of Montana. No matter, I find beauty in the arid... more... | |
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Labor Day 2010 finds us with our head down, shoulders to the wheel, noses to the grindstone and 10% unemployment. |
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American farmers hardly noticed when, in mid-August, news broke that Australian-based BHP Billiton was willing to pay nearly $40 billion for the world's largest fertilizer producer, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. |
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A cowboy's status in his community can best be measured by what job he is given while attending a neighbor's branding. For example, last year at John's branding I was on the prestigious steer-ing committee. This is perhaps the finest honor that can be... |
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It must be almost fall if I can't decide what to wear to start my day. This week I went from leaving a trail of sweaty footprints to needing a coat in less than 12 hours. |
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I worked for a big cattle company in the northwest and we kept “cookhouse pigs” for the crew. Every spring 30 or so little weaner pigs were brought from the sale barn and put in our pig facility, a long steel Quonset hut. |
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What was to be a clever, voter-sanctioned effort to fence out the animals-are-people-crowd in Ohio last year is, depending on your perspective, either a progressive way for farm and animal rights groups to work together toward humane livestock production... |
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“Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.” – Old German Saying |
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The dog days of August are here and I'm sure hoping the hottest weather is behind us. With all the fairs and horse sales coming up this month, nice weather without thunderstorms would be welcome. |
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There's an old saying, “A mule is as good as a horse, till you need a horse.” Or, of course, the revorse! |
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As the county and state fair season spreads across America, farmers, ranchers and producer groups from Maryland and Montana will cook rib-eyes, whip up omelets, grill chicken, barbecue pork steaks, butter sweet corn and pour thick milkshakes for their... |
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I am not what you'd call a “big player” in the market, other than the one that sells roast beef, panty hose and motor oil. To me, the term “playing the market” sounds like a game of Monopoly, a game I've never been good at. |
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I got home last night from a trip to Pennsylvania, and I've got to say, it's pretty there and all the way in between, but, when we drove up out of the Missouri River onto the prairie on Hwy. 212 and I could see forever across that beautiful country, I... |
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Back pain is the bane of many farmers and ranchers. A life of lifting, riding, shifting and physical exertion often leads them to a long-term relationship with osteopathic surgeons. |
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You know it's gonna' be a bad day when you open your email and see that day's New York Times' sports your picture pleading over why your organization... well, here's how the Aug. 2 Times' explains it: |
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We buried my mother last week and in pausing to reflect on her life, I was awed by the changes that have occurred in this country during her 80 plus years of living. |
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