I am supposed to write once a week… I may be a week or two behind – simply because things have been just a little crazy in my neck of the woods. As you may have seen in Cindy’s post a couple of weeks ago – I have accepted a position at Brownfield Ag News in Indiana. I will start there June 13th. But the past few weeks I have been house hunting in Indianapolis and Lafayette… and I have yet to find anything. I won’t lie – I’ve been whining about it all week. But – we’re making strides and we’ll get there eventually. I am however incredibly excited about writing the next chapter in my life.
As riveting as my lamenting about house hunting is – I want to share a story that really touched my heart. In fact – it reminded
me how blessed I am to have a roof over my head. Meet Ted Glaser. He’s a farmer from Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. I spoke with him on Monday about some of the issues going on in the south along the Mississippi River. Glaser is in a tough spot – he farms a 4,000 acre diversified operation. One quarter of that is inside the Morganza Floodway. Ted told me they gave them just a few weeks to get what they needed from inside that now flooded ground.
But the challenges don’t stop there. They may be flooded in certain areas… But Glaser said just across the dam they are in dire need of a rain. He noted off the air he’d hate to be answering prayers from farmers this year…. His quick wit brought a smile to my face. I have to admit – I’m always amazed at the resiliency of the farmer and the ability to roll with the punches. No matter how big… or small.
I think that was the lesson learned.
Wishing a warm, safe and happy Thanksgiving from my family in South Dakota to yours. Where will you be spending the holidays? What are you thankful for this year?
A group called the Vegetarian Society is standing up once again attribute global warming and the end to the universe to meat eaters. The article, 
It’s been a few weeks since I have had the chance to sit down and blog on AgWired. I can’t believe how crazy busy the summer got, and how quickly it is fading into fall. In the past two weeks, I was at the Minnesota and South Dakota State Fairs with cattle in tow, and it’s amazing how much time and effort goes into taking a few head of cattle to display at livestock expositions! Anyway, I thought I would share some of the highlights of the last couple of weeks, and now, it’s time to get back in the saddle and get down to the business of blogging!
While at the fairs, I took in cattle shows, Century Farm Awards, Beef Cookoffs, speech contests, town hall meetings, carnival food, concerts and more. In the upcoming weeks, I will share all of it with you. So, get ready for a fun recap of my state fair adventures. And, while we’re at it, why don’t you tell me some of your state fair stories? What have you been up to lately? What fairs did you attend, and what did you do while you were there? Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Since Cindy took it upon herself to inform the agrimarketing world that I am no longer young (at least in one sense) I thought it only fair to voice how thankful I am for the incredible response. Well most of it anyway. There are some of you who have a mean streak.
You’ve got five years on me, which means I’ve got five years before I hit the 5-0 mark…and believe me, 50 is going to be a piece of baclava.
I think it must be getting near spring time if the Sandhill Cranes are flying over Nebraska. Here’s a formation doing a flyover when I gassed up on my way back from Omaha today.
The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska’s Sandhills in the American midwest. This is the most important stopover area for the Lesser Sandhill Crane, Grus (canadensis) canadensis, with up to 450,000 of these birds migrating through annually.
I’ve got a number of things to post here on AgWired but I think that too many time zones, time changes and meetings are catching up to me this weekend. So here’s all you get today. Actually a lot got done here on the home front including some office catch up work. 
How ’bout 
The phone is ringing off the hook here at ZimmComm New Media headquarters. While I’ve been talking to people around the agribusiness world this was the view out my office window just a few minutes ago.
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you how wonderful my oldest daughter is. For those of you who don’t know, her name is Chelsea and she’s working part time for ZimmComm New Media. We’re a community here so I feel comfortable sharing this with you. Many of you know that Chelsea was in an auto accident that left her paralyzed from the chest down.
Well we’ll be fully clear once the country truck/plow gets done since he just showed up. At least we’ve got power. I just spoke to Mike Wilson in Illinois and they have no power. That can get old real fast.
Everything seems to take longer when you’ve got 16 inches of snow on top of about an inch of ice.
My nephew came up with the title for this post.
I am back and had to post this picture. This is out the windshield and what you often see driving west on I-70. I don’t know how many times I’ve looked a an I-70 sunset and thought, “There’s no way any human could create something this beautiful.”