Friday, February 27, 2026

Yield, Milo

Fondly remembering Baxter Black

All of rural America, and I suspicion most of rural Canada, is mourning the recent passing of Baxter Black. I’d guess that Baxter —...

Animal Farm

If you live in the Flint Hills like I do, then you’re bound to have frequent “happenings” with all sorts of wild animals. Here,...

Splish splash splosh

Folks, it may be the driest in decades in the western states, but I can tell you from recent observation that it’s “splish, splash,...

Where’s the Beef

Folks, if you have watched as many beef shows as I have in my long life, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of things...

GYRO TRACTOR

Crop farmers have been going at their field work hot and heavy recently. As I drive through farming country, I can’t help but notice...

DANDELIONS TO THE RESCUE

I’ve been reading lately about the possibility of a global food shortage because of a scarcity of various kinds of fertilizer, global warming, drought,...

Cowtalytic Converter

Folks, I’ve about had it with all the complaining by the tree huggers, media talking heads, and glory-seeking politicians about how methane gas from...

Inheritance problem solved

I promised you last week that I’d get back to humor in this column. So, I’ll start with this: A deceased farmer, ol’ “Bum” Fuzzle...