‘Just go for it:’ Women Stepping Forward in Agriculture highlights entrepreneurial go-getters
They thought they knew everything they needed to know about barley. After all, Mike and Linda O'Brien had grown cereal grains on his...
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- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
Filling the bread box
I’ve missed wheat harvest in Nebraska the past few years. Riding along with Herbie Husker on the side of the Case IH red combine. Sinking...
- Sep 4, 2018
- 1 min
A passion for agriculture
Sorting a livestock class is easy. Just put the good ones up, the bad ones down. Then, be ready to back it up; talk tough. But sorting...
- Aug 26, 2018
- 1 min
'One live, two dead, one just born.'
F.S. Cooley's writing is full paternal wisdom. “Uncle Sam” Hampton’s words progress with a contagious enthusiasm. Even business letters...
- Aug 25, 2018
- 1 min
Hahn family honored for enduring efforts to care for water, wildlife, soil and ranching business
"I hope they slow down every once in a while," Chuck Hahn said, nodding at the steady line of boaters, anglers and campers streaming...
- Aug 23, 2018
- 1 min
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: Bev Fryer is Montana’s Ranch Woman of the Year
(Originally published Jan. 10, 2015) It's January at the Castle Mountain Ranch, and the wind whistles through the veil of snow that has...
- Aug 21, 2018
- 1 min
'Worth the squeeze'
Used cars. Potential dates. Bred heifers. A prudent shopper for any of the above is wise to wonder: How well were they cared for before I...
- Aug 12, 2018
- 2 min
Just breathe.
He's keeping pace beside me. My childhood playmate's dad; our middle school track coach. He's in wind pants instead of his traditional...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Stoney Creek Farm protects 'right to farm' by conservation
In a state of 10,000 lakes, water law rules the land. At Stoney Creek Farm, near Redwood, Minnesota, Grant Breitkreutz knows conservation...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Taking care of the money makers
In the Highwood Mountains, quality-driven cows are at the top of a supply chain that can quickly snowball. "It can be tough on the...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Getting a leg up on farm labor issues
Harvest season always seems to start in the same frantic, frustrating way. Two months before the combines roll, Megan Hedges recounts,...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Growing soil
Compared to a mechanized harvesting machine, they're not super efficient. "If your combine was throwing 80 percent of what it took in...
- Aug 9, 2018
- 1 min
Red tape and relationships
Ranchers learn the cooperative way to survive ESA enforcement. Regulations. Rules. Restrictions. For ranchers dealing with government...
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