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Land Minds: 2011 — A year in preview

2011-01-13T10:59:37-06:00

Any idiot can tell you what’s ALREADY happened. It takes a different kind of idiot entirely to claim he’ll tell you what WILL happen. On that note, here’s what we all have to look forward to in 2011…

Land Minds: Dennis helped others get better

2010-06-18T09:24:20-05:00

The Land lost a family member Memorial Day weekend. Dennis John Kelly, writer of the "Grain Angles" column for 15 years, lost a short, but valiant battle with pancreatic cancer.

Farm and Food File: Trade talks stuck in past

2010-06-18T09:21:06-05:00

The surest way to confirm if anyone in Washington, D.C. is telling you the truth about trade is to watch their lips: if they move, they're stretching the blanket one way or the other.

Farm and Food File: June was cultivator month; time for Uncle Honey show

2010-06-18T09:16:09-05:00

I don't know where the term originated but I do know two things about laying-by corn. First, it never meant the weeds laid down; Dad always followed the last cultivator pass with a 2,4-D soaking a week or so later.

Letter: Coveting thy neighbor's stuff

2010-06-18T09:13:30-05:00

Letter: Coveting thy neighbor's stuff

Commentary: HSUS - wolves in sheep's clothing

2010-06-18T09:10:06-05:00

In 2008, Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said, "when you consider any movement for social change, it's really got to be seen as a generational one.

Commentary: Species safe even if world warms

2010-06-18T09:06:53-05:00

Biologists are again predicting massive species losses as the world warms. But where are the corpses?

Land Minds: A lot to think about this spring

2010-06-04T12:59:15-05:00

What a spring and kudos to you Minnesota farmers. I doubt if you ever have planted this much crop this early and this easily. There just weren't any serious challenges from Mother Nature.

Farm and Food File: Alabama fried chicken - antitrust chief taking your calls

2010-06-04T12:58:15-05:00

In a morning session of the May 21 U.S. Department of Justice-Department of Agriculture workshop on ag and antitrust enforcement, Alabama poultry grower Garry Staples told officials he expected "retaliation" from the firm he grows chickens for because of his participation in that event's discussion of poultry contracts.

Farm and Food File: Suppose you support farm bill reform; it could be cheaper

2010-06-04T12:57:05-05:00

Suppose the House ag committee asks you to come to Washington to offer your ideas on how to improve the farm bill for its 2012 update.