Farmers Weekly Review

Having braved a gravel road, a long driveway and an unleashed outdoor dog, a college intern approached our front steps ready to give his pitch.…

My husband fished at the farm. Our son and his friends played paintball-style games in the farm woods. I smoked brisket from our inventory of…

In her earliest drawings, our daughter frequently sketched the sunset and its brilliant hues, including the shades of pink and purple most don’t consider. She…

By Joanie Stiers About the author: Joanie Stiers farms with her family, growing corn, soybeans and hay and raising beef cattle and backyard chickens in…

By Joanie Stiers “We have always been able to plant,” I reassured Mom while seated at my desk that faces hers. We should have been…

By Joanie Stiers Before the first puddles of spring arrived, I would rummage through the supply of hand-me-down rubber boots, searching for the size that…

February 2023 By Joanie Stiers My mental pauses on the farm often arrive at sunrise, sunset and the moments when family is most accentuated on…

By Joanie Stiers Cattle ‘Cool’ with Colder Weather One of my favorite holiday cards routinely arrives at the turn of the New Year. My friend…

For the family’s love of homemade cinnamon rolls, I quietly step through the silence of our predawn home and into the kitchen to get rolling.…