Today Aunt Jeanette writes: 95 degrees…wind blowing from the south at 20 miles per hour with gusts up to 25. Should I or shouldn’t I? I should…and I did! I started on my walk thinking to myself, “If it is too unbearable I can always turn around and walk back home.” However, the farther I walked, the more interesting things …
New Website for National Council of Farmer Coops
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) has given its website a new look. The group says the redesign of www.ncfc.org features a clean, modern design, easy-to-navigate interface for users and highlights the wide range of issues NCFC works on behalf of America’s farmer-owned cooperatives. NCFC’s new website has been completely reorganized to provide members and visitors with even more …
Guardian Sprayer Displays Impress at FPS
The New Holland team was busy showing off some exciting new products at their Farm Progress Show booth this year, especially after the company’s acquisition of the precision spraying equipment manufacturer Miller-St. Nazianz, Inc last December. The first thing customers saw as they walked up to the booth was an impressive 135 foot Guardian Boom Sprayer that stretched across the …
Caught on Camera
Last week, I shared a photo of a longhorn and a deer candidly posing for the trail cam. Here’s another one from my nephew Jackson. Here kitty, kitty. This is why I always tell the boys to carry a walking stick and make noise as they’re going through the tall grass. Until we walk again …
DTN/Progressive Farmer Index Shows Pessimism
Low prices for products, along with high input costs and an expected large crop are conspiring to keep farmers historically pessimistic about the future. The DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index (ACI) shows the concerns focus on unstable commodity prices and uncertain farm incomes linger. Producers’ perceptions over their current situations have dropped steadily, if not dramatically, from 118.0 last …
Smile, you’re on camera!
I’ve mentioned before all the different creatures that venture into our yard, or in the pasture behind our house. The amazement never ceases when the children see five deer from the back deck, or watch them walk up the freshly mowed path from the trees to our house. The two little ones get a kick out of saying, “Whoa, turkey!” …
CNH Global Brand Manager Visits #FarmProgressShow
New Holland was extremely fortunate to welcome their Italy-based Global Brand Manager, Carlo Lambro, to their booth at this year’s Farm Progress Show. Lambro came to see the show, the booths, and observe his brand, but none of those items were his top priority this week: “The brand was born in the US, in 1895 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, and …
Farmers Union’s Grassroots Activists Coming to DC
They might be from rural America, but in just a couple of weeks, the grassroots activists of the National Farmers Union (NFU) will make their way to the big city of Washington, D.C., for their annual fly-in, Sept. 15-18, 2015. This news release from the group says their enthusiasm and willingness to fight for better public policies for family farmers …
You Just Never Know …
… what you will find when you live on the farm. This morning, I was downstairs working at my computer with the windows open when I heard an odd noise. I grabbed my phone and stepped out on the back deck. This is what I saw. What these two were doing in our yard, or how they got there, is …
The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side Of The…Road?
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: We had a very welcome 1.50 inches of rain last week. This always brings a new, fresh outlook on the farm. The tired irrigation engines can be turned off and the exhausted irrigators can enjoy a little break from watering. The grass looks greener, the flowers bloom brighter, the cows munch contentedly on the sweet, tender …