By Joanie Stiers Always take your lunch box along. Accept the statement as words of wisdom or a standing joke among the farm crew. On…
Read More By Joanie Stiers Dad lifts the side panel of the combine to expose the gears, bearings, pulleys, chains and belts. And every single time, I’m…
Read More We paused harvest to host our daughter’s sixth birthday party at Norman North, a field along a winding gravel road. The dusty path contains just…
Read More A light snow arrived after New Year’s Day, and my soul cued up the song “Snow” from Irving Berlin’s musical, “White Christmas.” The white stuff…
Read More By Joanie Stiers Mom made even the best of days better when she set a pot of homemade beef stew with dumplings in the middle…
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By Joanie Stiers Butcher block paper covered the 60-inch round table, transforming it into an oversized food platter. Piles of cubed cheeses, sliced cured meats,…
Read More Grandpa never dreamed we’d be planting and harvesting at the same time. Nor did we. A sizable percentage of our farmland will green up with…
Read More The farmer’s wife handed my husband a stick-style drawing. “He told me you will know what he needs,” she said of her farmer husband, while…
Read More During my side gigs over the years as parent-teacher club president, Sunday School teacher and FFA alumni volunteer enthusiast, my home office has served as…
Read More Most have seen those cool, little drones that hover like hummingbirds to capture bird’s-eye images at festivals, weddings and sporting events. In agriculture, these unmanned…
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