Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

As I prepare this column, it would appear there is at least a small reprieve from some of the economic gloom and doom of the past 6 months.  Now I understand that this does not take away from the fact that everyone’s input costs have jumped drastically over the past couple of years.  But it should get you to thinking of ways to maximize your production and more efficiently use your resources.

Names: Renee and Rashel Forgey
Hometown: Ozark, Mo.
Parents: Larry and Frankie Forgey
Ag Teachers: Heath Wright, Travis Phipps and Vancil Minnick

Name: Roy Downs

B&D Heating Systems, LLC

Owners: Bruce and Doug Youngblood; Roger Haan, Consultant  (left to right)

Location: Diamond, Missouri

I’ve been encouraged lately to consider the importance of our inherent right to life, liberty and property. No doubt, we all take these simple entitlements for granted all too often. All political concerns of right to property aside, to me, the saddest infringement on our right to property is when citizen robs citizen.

While our city cousins are going ga-ga over the Olymypics on the other side of the world, we stay-at-home farmers are going ga-ga about something else, something a lot nearer to our heart, minds and check books than who can run the fastest or jump the highest.