"Santa’s Christmas budget was oddly tied to the commodities market and the amount of rainfall Northeast Kansas received."
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It is in tough times like this that are also a great opportunity to think about all we should be thankful for.
I know when I am defeated. I recognize when it is time to wave the white flag and surrender.
The first few days of harvest is almost like Christmas morning, except it requires many trips to town with a coffee can or ice cream bucket full of grain.
There is nothing more miserable than not being able to harvest when the weather is good. It’s kind of like being grounded when you were a kid.
"Harvest is a bittersweet time for me. As much as I enjoy harvest, Dad loved it even more. ... This year marks the fifth year he has not been on the combine."
Did you ever have one of those days when everything was going well? Maybe too good, and you just kept waiting for the other shoe to drop?
I am in the middle of my fall calving season. It is amazing how much different fall calving is, especially checking the cows in a t-shirt or w…
I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like we deal with one crisis after another. We went from Covid to inflation to Ukraine. I am almost…
I am coming up on four months post hip replacement on my left hip and three months on my right hip, often I am asked how I am doing. My answer…
"Restless Cow Syndrome can be contagious and often is passed on through the sight of other cows, especially if the other cows seem to be more content."
I backed up to the corrals and popped the back window open to get a better view of the coupler and the ball. This is something I have done hundreds of times with no incidents. Well, no incidents until last week.
This past weekend I went to the retirement celebration of a good friend, really more of a mentor. For those of you who don’t know I was an ext…
"Yesterday was a good day, and the best part was finding out I wasn’t late."
There is nothing so uncommon as common sense. Boy, does that hold true these days.
A few weeks ago, I got one of those jarring reminders of how precious life is. Daniel Spitzer was a young man with his whole life ahead of him.
I am back in the saddle again. No, I am not riding horses yet, rather I am back in the tractor seat.
Haying is coming along well. I have to admit that it is hard to watch from the sidelines.
One of the things I have heard about being a good cowman is the ability to listen to the cattle and let them tell you what needs to be done.
This past week, we lost an iconic character in agriculture, Baxter Black. In the hours and days following the news, tributes poured in. Baxter…
There are some events I look forward to each year. I mark them down on the calendar and wait. The Kansas FFA Convention in Manhattan is one of…
Learning from my previous mistakes is not one of my strong points. I know my family and particularly my wife would agree with this point. I se…
Folks, I come to you with a lot on my mind and my heart, and I would guess that most of you are no different. There is a lot going on in this …
It’s funny how things can change, but they really don’t. That sentence will make English teachers cringe and everyone else scratch their heads…
There are some days that are frustrating, and you just can’t do anything about them. Today was one of those days. We are at the time of the ye…
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