Editorial / Opinions

Dave and I were in school together a long, long time ago, and even though we both were majoring in agriculture, we took very different career paths upon graduation.

Social media. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay.

I realize that the vast majority of Americans are now several generations removed from farming, so it shouldn’t come as any great surprise, when people display their lack of knowledge about agriculture.

I recently got my MBA and I’m pretty excited about it. No, I didn’t get my master’s in business administration. I now hold what is known as a Masters of Beef Advocacy – and you can get yours too.

Sex has been a hot topic recently here at our home.

I realize that the vast majority of Americans are now several generations removed from farming, so it shouldn’t come as any great surprise, when people display their lack of knowledge about agriculture.

I recently got my MBA and I’m pretty excited about it. No, I didn’t get my master’s in business administration. I now hold what is known as a Masters of Beef Advocacy – and you can get yours too.

When my sons were still at home, moving round bales in from the field was a snap for me. I simply provided them with a cooler full of soda and told them to call me when they were finished. But, once they were grown and gone, the ever monotonous and always hot job reverted back to yours truly and, as I have said in this column more than once, it is the only job on the farm that I don’t enjoy.

It’s county fair and junior livestock show season across the Ozarks.

Being a child born in the summer, it is my favorite season of the year.