Farmers Weekly Review

Do you know what nutritionists state is one of the healthiest condiments to eat? Can you guess what condiment I have shunned most of my…

How many memories do you have of your childhood? I have a couple for this article. When I grew up on our farm outside of…

And just like that, summer is here, and almost everyone’s yard/grass is becoming parched and possibly brown, unless they have been watering it. Now for…

How would you like to be known as the hunter who shot Bambi’s’ mother when he was a fawn in the famous 1942 movie? Recently…

This week, I shall write about a topic I know better than most of the population: making hay. Our recent wet spring appears to be…

It has been an un-bee-lievable winter/spring so far. February was a harbinger of the season; my wheat broke dormancy mid-month. It was green and robust…

Since the world did not end with the eclipse as some prophesized, it appears I will have to write another article and farm another season.…

A quick internet search finds the definition of Earth Day as an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Did you…

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how a farmland preservation program would work and why farmers/landowners would participate in such a program. It was my intention…

I recently participated in a discussion about the possibility of a farmland preservation program for Will County. You may ask, how would a program like…