The 2012 Commodity Classic is still two weeks away, but the annual meeting of corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers has already shattered attendance records. Last year, total attendance set a record of 4,826 show participants. This year, registrations for the 17th annual event have already surpassed the 5,000 mark with two more weeks left until onsite registration opens. “We …

One of the touchiest topics for cattle producers at the recent Cattle Industry Convention was last year’s bankruptcy of MF Global, which cost many of them money they have yet to get back. CME Group Inc. is attempting to address producers’ concerns by establishing a $100 million fund to protect farmers and ranchers who utilize the exchange. CME chief operating …

A growing number of farmers and agribusiness people are becoming not only social media savvy (as in using social media) but proficient in using it to strategically communicate with consumers and each other. But we can all learn more and get better and the 2012 BlogWorld & New Media Expo is one of the places you can go to immerse …

Growing up in southeast Nebraska, I’m used to seeing cattle, hogs and even a herd of buffalo. But about 10 miles up the road from us lives this eclectic collection of animals, most of which I cannot identify. The large cow with long, straight horns is an Ankole-Watusi, a breed native to Africa. How he ended up here in Nebraska …

I have the luxury of working from him which means my attire consists of running shoes, sweat pants, t-shirts and sweatshirts. Gone are the days of getting up more than an hour early just in order to apply make-up, wash and style my hair and stand in my closet thinking, “I have nothing to wear” for 15 minutes. I’m sure …

Socks have many eras. There were men’s dress socks, tube socks with stripes, leg warmers, socks that were worn scrunched down (two colors and two pairs at a time), knee socks, anklets and a whole slew of others. Ever had a pair of basketball socks that were supposed to stay up around your calf and the elastic either was getting …

If you are reading this post and you’re a female, think back over the years to all the things you’ve done to your hair. Possibly cut it, dyed it, crimped it, curled it, permed it, hot roller’d it, straightened it, and if you had really kinky hair back in the 70s, maybe even used a clothes iron to iron it …

I mentioned a few posts back that in December, my dad had a farm sale. I noted the old 4020, the bigger combine, and all the semi trucks, but I failed to mention all the JUNK he dug out of who knows where. There were boxes and bins and piles on the ground, all available to the highest bidder. These …

I was going to play “Name that antique” but the power of Google was the victor. Most items that my grandparents have they can quickly identify, name the approximate year it was used or made, and tell a story about how someone in their family put it to work. Not with this one. We had no idea when it was …

Learning your directions – is it innate or is it something you can truly learn. Some people just aren’t born with a good sense of direction. To highlight this, I have to tell a story of my mother, who on family vacation, was reading the AAA Trip Tick and said we’d be at the ocean in 20 minutes. Forty minutes …