At the Farm Gate
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At The Farm Gate: Sunrise, Sunset Set Prominent Lures to Country Living
In her earliest drawings, our daughter frequently sketched the sunset and its brilliant hues, including the shades of pink and…
At the Farm Gate: Agriculture Jobs Outpace Graduates
By Joanie Stiers About the author: Joanie Stiers farms with her family, growing corn, soybeans and hay and raising beef…
At the Farm Gate: Farmers Adapt to Weather
By Joanie Stiers “We have always been able to plant,” I reassured Mom while seated at my desk that faces…
At the Farm Gate: Farming: A Job with as Many Boots as Hats
By Joanie Stiers Before the first puddles of spring arrived, I would rummage through the supply of hand-me-down rubber boots,…
At the Farm Gate: We are the 96% – Families Dominate Illinois farms
February 2023 By Joanie Stiers My mental pauses on the farm often arrive at sunrise, sunset and the moments when…
At the Farm Gate: Cattle ‘Cool’ with Colder Weather
By Joanie Stiers Cattle ‘Cool’ with Colder Weather One of my favorite holiday cards routinely arrives at the turn of…
At the Farm Gate: Homemade for the Holidays
For the family’s love of homemade cinnamon rolls, I quietly step through the silence of our predawn home and into…