Farm health matters
This issue focuses on farm health which is something that encompasses a wide range of things from mental health, physical health, and farm safety.
Most...
Come every calving season
It’s late spring.
Pastures are deep and lush. Clover is in bloom. Trees are full. Wet-weather streams and rivulets babble in harmony with songbirds’ reveille.
June...
Adventures in parenting
Spring break looked a lot different this year at our house. Now that we have a college student, it is typical for our family...
Showtime memories
We are full into show season with the kids and their calves. We usually hit one show a month in the “off season” but...
Remembering When the Rivers Ran Clear
I followed with some interest news a few years back that scientists were taking a close look at the quality of water in Bull...
Becoming a young adult
Decisions, decisions and more decisions. This past month, our daughter, who is a junior in high school, created her class schedule for her senior...
Dad never had a four-wheel-drive
Four-wheel-drive pickups are an almost indispensable piece of equipment on Ozarks farms today. It’s hard to imagine any farmer or cattleman getting across pastures...
When a farmer gets sick
The sickness that was lingering in my household has finally left, but it didn’t go down without a fight! What I thought was just...
Snow day baking
This week we were hit by a mighty snow storm up on our mountain. On Monday, our school-age children were out of school for...
Moments that matter
In life we never know how something simple will impact an event, a day in your life, or a day in someone else’s life....
