You can learn a lot about someone from their garden. For instance, do they use Clorox or Downy; do they drink more skim milk or more whole milk? And because of the popularity of home gardening these days, our back yards have taken on quite a different look than in years past. I posted a while back about putting down …
A Fun Cliché
“Stick a fork in me.” Translation: it has ended; finished. (Enter the hay bale.) We had gone for a visit to western Kansas. Stop. Let me rephrase that as not many people just pack up and drive to western Kansas on a whim, without purpose. We went to visit my in-laws in western Kansas. As I was walking back to …
Greg Guenther Wins Precision Labs iPod touch Giveaway
The ZimmComm/Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App iPod Giveaway has ended. The entries were collected and a winner has been drawn. The winner is . . . . Illinois corn grower, Greg Guenther! Greg served eight years on the Illinois Corn Grower board and three years on the National Corn Growers board. He was honored by the ICGA with their World …
Mary Thornley Executive Director CAMA
Mary Thornley is the first National Executive Director for the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association. “This is an important step for CAMA. The Provincial chapters have been working for several years to unify our national existence. The appointment of Mary as our National Executive Director allows us to better carry out our vision and bring greater value to all members of the …
The Spike-Tooth Disk
Ever heard the saying, “It’s a tough row to hoe”? Sometimes it rains so hard around here that after the puddles dry up, it looks as though someone went through your front yard with a concrete compaction stomper. That makes for some tough hoeing when it comes to planting flowers or getting your garden ready. I’m sure the same holds …
The Sickle Mower
Careful where you go burning grass or haphazardly cutting weeds because you never know what might be hiding amongst the rubbish. Along with the spike tooth disk, I found this sickle mower for mowing hay, grass or weeds. (Looks like it needed to be used right where it was sitting!) The operator sat on the seat to drive the horses …
Agri-blogging Highway Ends (or at least Detours) for Davis
My Dear Friends, It looks like I have come to an end of my agri-blogging highway for AgWired.com. Well, maybe not an end, but at least a detour. For the next year, I won’t be able to provide you with periodic updates as I have accepted a new job. I have been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Afghanistan …
A Vision For The Agri-Business Educational Foundation
What’s your Vision2020? For the Agri-Business Educational Foundation it’s an initiative that seeks to raise up to $4 million over the next 10 years for college student scholarships, student and young professional development programs, and support of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Student Program. This week’s program is part of my series with the folks who are making it happen, …
The Daisy #40
I love butter. Isn’t everything better with butter? And I love sour cream. Not the fat free kind – the full octane spread it on your hips kind of “real” sour cream. With that attitude, I would’ve done well back in the early 1900s when everything was real and a size 12 dress (or was it 14?) was average. This …
The Number 15
Grab your #2 pencil. Or wait – was it the #15 pen? Either way, I think I’ve forgotten how to write and I think I’ve forgotten what it really means to “pen a letter.” Grandma used to tell me to pay more attention in penmanship class, and I believe that’s almost gone the wayside as penmanship class has morphed into …