by Mitch Randall | Nov 14, 2019 | Opinion
Chris Dykshorn could not stop worrying about the surplus grain he could not sell. He grew more and more despondent as flooded crops and America’s trade wars took their toll. His inability to sell his grain brought this South Dakota farmer to the brink of financial...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 5, 2019 | Opinion
Wendell Berry, the inimitable farmer, who is also a novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist and cultural critic, is celebrating his 85th birthday today. I now refer to Berry as “my favorite farmer.” Why would I do that? (And who would have a list of favorite...
by Michael Cheuk | Jul 17, 2014 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. July 13, 2014. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 This morning’s Gospel lesson is called the Parable of the Sower. Since I’m basically a city boy, born in Hong Kong, grew up in Shreveport, lived in...
by Bob Allen | Jul 31, 2007 | News
Born as part of FDR’s New Deal to protect struggling farmers coming out of the Great Depression from unpredictable weather and fluctuating crop prices, America’s farm program has evolved today into the largest form of corporate welfare, say critics calling...
by Gary Farley | Aug 15, 2006 | Opinion
Recent showers will make it possible for us to mow the yard again this weekend. And the hayfield out by the county hospital has been cut for the second crop of hay this summer. Usually, a third cutting has already been bailed and put in the barn. It will not produce...
