Outstanding in Their Field

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Outstanding In Their Field

June 22, 2023

Drought! This will be the 6th period of drought in my 42 years of farming, and if it does not…

June 8, 2023

It is only the beginning of June, and the weather is already making headlines in the Midwest. If you love…

May 18, 2023

About 50 years ago, I was taught that it takes about 100 years for the natural processes of nature to…

May 11, 2023

Mother Nature has finally relented her chill. The asparagus is popping, and with warmer temps, the annual ritual of wild…

April 27, 2023

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your tractors. Well, I mean that metaphorically. I have set a timer on my phone to…

April 13, 2023

For as long as I can remember, there have always been constant requests for hunters to come on our farm…

March 30, 2023

Do you know how to make a pizza? Each year during National Agriculture Week, the Joliet Junior College Weitendorf Agricultural…

March 16, 2023

I am about to start my 12th year of writing about agriculture in Will County. Whenever I want an easy…

March 2, 2023

I hesitate to even write about a current theory being bantered among chicken owners. I fear that even putting unsubstantiated…

February 15, 2023

I have been selling hay and straw to hundreds, if not thousands, of customers in the last 40 years. I…

January 26, 2023

It is time to write another article about chickens and eggs. Since I knew I had written many times about…

January 19, 2023

Do you like driving at night? How about in drizzle/snow on rural roads with no streetlights? Do you notice many…