Blogs

Grammar, Style, and Steak on the Grill
Blog/News
April 8, 2014

Doc Callahan—retired professor, part-time farmer, and full-time front-porch pontificator—occasionally helps us with our letters-to-the-editor. Today […]

Is It Local? Satire, Parody, and Common Sense
Blog/News
March 28, 2014

Doc Callahan—retired professor, part-time farmer, and full-time front-porch pontificator—occasionally sends us a letter expressing his […]

Borlaug’s Legacy Lives On
Blog/News
March 21, 2014

Norman Borlaug brought millions of people together during his lifetime–but that was usually around field […]

Raccoons, Rabies, and Old Yeller
Blog/News
March 18, 2014

A Florida news release caught my attention with the line, “Authorities today warned the public […]

What’s in a Name? Free Range, Natural, Hormones, and Antibiotics
Blog/News
March 17, 2014

March 25 Update: Defining “sustainable beef“– Does it mean organic? Locally sourced? Grass-fed? This group […]

Water Witching, Science, and Voodoo in Bib Overalls
Blog/News
March 5, 2014

Update News Article Link–December 2015: During a California drought 100 years ago, the city of […]

Got Milk, Got Life, Got Ads
Blog/News
February 26, 2014

For decades the dairy industry has successfully milked the media market with its “Got Milk” […]

Hogs, Cannibals, and PEDV
Blog/News
February 21, 2014

Update article from Feedstuffs–HSUS Targets Hog Farm Hit with PEDV I watch hundreds of ag-related […]

Happy Cows, Happy Cheese
Blog/News
February 10, 2014

According to this report, stress can inhibit the release of oxytocin—a hormone key to the […]

Bovine Paranoia–Cattle Are Out to Get Me
Blog/News
February 7, 2014

**  I like cows, but my images of them involve more than tail flickin’ and […]