3 cheers for a normal summer
FFA trips. Mission trips. Cattle shows. Church camp.They’re back, baby. What a relief.For real, I looked around a couple of weeks ago and exhaled in deep gratitude: All three of our kids were doing...
View ArticleStudents: Life is like an intersection
Way back when, somebody clearly had something against T intersections in western Illinois. They liked Y’s.This has annoyed me for 25 years because instead of one road meeting another with a stop sign...
View ArticleTwo cookies equal one at FPS
There’s an old joke among my Farm Progress editorial colleagues that two cookies are indeed better than one, but if they’re stuck together, they’re definitely one. It counts. And our math is fine.This...
View ArticleMeet Betty Haynes, Prairie Farmer’s newest byline
It takes a certain amount of grit and gumption to both start a new job and start it the week of the Farm Progress Show — but that’s what Betty Haynes did last week, as she dove into her new position as...
View ArticleHow to win at life
It was 1987 on the University of Illinois campus. Students packed the sidewalks, headed to class and beyond. Amid the Frisbees and college kids and backpacks on the Quad, there was also a steer.A...
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View ArticleMy view this winter
When I started writing this column 23 years ago, I told my then-boss Mike Wilson, “I don’t think I have enough opinions to sustain this.” Turns out, I was wrong about that. Apparently, I’ve had at...
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