We’ve been keeping the country music couple Joey+Rory in our prayers since hearing that beautiful Joey made the decision last month to stop cancer treatments. We had the pleasure of meeting this lovely and talented couple three years ago at the 2012 Cattle Industry Summer Convention and were so impressed by their devotion to each other. If you have not …
Sun Going Down On An …
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: No, this isn’t an L.A. freeway! Sorry, Brooks and Dunn, I will take the sun going down behind our farm any day. Our neighbor/friend took this picture from across the section while she was going for an evening walk. I thought it was a gorgeous picture! It gives me a peaceful, relaxed feeling that comes from …
The Hibbity-Jibbities
My bedroom when I was a child had two windows and in the fall (despite my horrible allergies to weeds, grass, pollen, mold, dust, you name it) I would keep my windows open as I fell asleep. I’d lie awake listening to the sounds of crickets and cicadas in the weeping willow tree. Below each window was a large evergreen …
Farm Bureau: Take Advantage of Fall Beauty for Photo Contest!
This is truly the most beautiful time of the year, and the American Farm Bureau Federation is reminding you not to let it go by without snapping some great pictures. And while you’ve got those great pics, you might as well enter them in the Farm Bureau Photo Contest, open to all state and county Farm Bureau members and staff …
Kings and Queens of the Butterflies
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: “This looks like a 5-star place to spend the night.” “It is quiet, our sleep won’t be disrupted, and we can get a good night’s rest.” “There will be a continental breakfast buffet on the deck (and the roadside ditch) in the morning.” “The pond across the road has an abundance of drinking water.” “I will …
Natural Delights Hosts Blogger Summit
Fourteen of the nation’s top food bloggers and registered dietitians were recently featured when Natural Delights hosted it’s second blogger summit last month. Natural Delights produces the nation’s leading Medjool Date brand, a food that has become increasingly poplar in the health and fitness industry. At the event Natural Delights featured growers who shared their stories with the bloggers in hopes …
Bales of Fun
What’s not to love about living on the farm? Wide open spaces, beautiful sunsets, the lake nearby, wheat field lining the driveway, and kids climbing on hay bales? The list goes on… For a while, I’d lost my “holiday spirit”. Yes, I decorated for Christmas and set out a few pumpkins at Halloween, but I lost the love for the …
Yara Prize Winners Honored for Impact in Africa
Two African laureates have been honored for their work in agricultural development, food security and green revolution by the Yara Prize Committee. Both Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Director for Africa, IFPRI, and Mr. Eric Kaduru, Founder and CEO of KadAfrica, have taken ideas for development and translated them into impactful results in their respective areas. “Africa needs to do more to …
Where the Sidewalk Ends
By Shel Silverstein When I was young, I loved to go to “work” with my dad. Mind you, while he was really working, I was sitting in the old hay loft, writing and reading poetry. One of my all-time favorites was the collection of Shel Silverstein poems, and this one in particular: There is a place where the sidewalk ends …
Canadian Farm Writers Get Together
Members of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation will be getting together starting tomorrow in Calgary, Alberta, although there is a pre-tour today. Thanks to Case IH I will be able to attend this year! We’ll have a welcome reception tomorrow night with farm tours on Friday and sessions and a banquet on Saturday. This year the conference is being hosted …