What I’ve Learned From 4 Years of Writing About Agriculture
Today marks 4 years since I started this blog. I’ve written about GMOs, glyphosate, carbon taxation, and, more than anything else, weather (among many other things). I’ve talked to so…
Tag: change
Always Try New Things
In farming, just as in any other industry, career, or lifestyle, it is easy to fall into a rut. You want to do what works, right? If it ain’t broke,…
The Legacy of Years of Excess Moisture
For the first time in quite a few years, 2015 is shaping up to be a little on the drier side. Despite the drier bias, the effects of excess moisture still linger, with failing roads, full sloughs and a disturbing rise in soil salinity.
Farming Constantly Changes – And That’s A Good Thing
Good times can’t go on forever – but neither can bad times. Even at the worst of the low grain prices in the early 2000’s, when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed like farming would never recover – it did. And, even when it seemed like we could never keep up with a growing world, when it seemed like crazy, volatile weather would forever curtail our ability to grow large crops – we did.
Is Winter’s Grip Finally Breaking?
It was in early November that winter settled in. The days slowly turned colder and shorter, and the ground rather suddenly turned white with fresh-fallen snow. Fieldwork had been stopped,…
Do Farmers Actually Work During The Winter?
There has been, and continues to be, a long-standing stereotype about what grain farmers do for the winter months. I think it can be summed up as “not a whole…