Stacking bottles
About twice each summer, I use my tractor and rotary cutter to clip the right-of-way along the county road that borders my farm. My...
The spirit of community
I sat in the convention hall of the 65th annual National FFA Convention and listened as motivational speaker Zig Ziglar famously tell FFA members,...
Sharing what we do
Ozarks Farm & Neighbor has been around for decades, but folks sometimes need clarification about what we do.
We get calls from people who think...
As luck would have it
My wife thinks I’m the luckiest man in the world – and not just because I married her. She often lists the dozens of...
Fall’s arrival
Despite the continued warm and dry conditions for most folks in the Ozarks, summer is fading away.
Daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter. I’m...
A mechanical failure
Yesterday, I decided the time was right to start clipping a few meadows where the weeds had gotten ahead of the grass. I had...
Old-fashioned conversation
Last Saturday, I took our youngest son to his morning football practice. As we were driving into town, the sky was getting dark. The...
Summer in the Ozarks
Depending on which experts you choose to believe, the summer of 2023 has been the hottest one in the history of the world, or...
An “unprofessional” reaction
Recently, I had the occasion to attend a banquet, celebrating the 100th anniversary of our state’s ag teachers. Having previously been an ag teacher...
Time for changes
As you likely know, Tyson and Smithfield have announced the closing of facilities in Missouri and Arkansas.
Smithfield is closing 35 hog farms in Northern...
