The first Grass Pad opened as a sod farm in Farley, Missouri. The farm was on 700 acres of land but there was no phone, no water, just two light bulbs, and a barn. Through the years Grass Pad …
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Becoming an insurance professional can be deeply personal. For Bryce Hundley, Hundley Insurance Services, said he repeatedly saw friends and family struggling to find the insurance coverage th…
Paul Neiffer of Farm CPA Today, an expert on farming taxes says, "Be specific when writing prepaid expenses. Historically farmers have taken advantage of “prepaid expenses,” but supply chain s…
The massive 1100hp Big Bud tractor received brand-new tires from Goodyear and is ready to go to work again. The tires are not ordinary tires. Imagine a tractor measuring 27 feet long, 25 feet …
Choosing a career in agriculture can be complex. It is not like the old days where you just plant, water, harvest, till and plant again. No, today there are so many complex problems and it can…
Edward “Ed” Derr and Paul Bucher bought Oregon Truck & Tractor in 1947 from Melvin Scheib. In the early 1950s, Ed bought out his partner and it’s been family owned and operated ever since.…
Farms often inspire awe thanks to their beauty and the serenity of the areas that surround them. Though no farms may inspire such feelings as strongly as those in the heart of the countryside,…
Greek myths tell of King Midas who had a maze built to hold his arch enemy, the Minotaur. The origins of mazes can be traced back over 4000 years ago. During the Roman era mazes were used in a…
Typically, the first and second weeks of October are peak times for bird watchers in our area.
There is a college crisis in America and it has nothing to do with a normal college curriculum, but rather with veterinarian courses. There are only 32 veterinarian schools in the country and …
The world is changing, at least the climate of the world is changing. If you catch yourself saying “when I grew up, we had snow, or hurricanes were not as destructive,” then you probably are a…
“If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.” Albert Einstein According to Shelly Wiggam of The Nature Conservancy, there are more…
The farming industry is hesitating to go electric according to multiple ag magazines. “The challenges may outweigh the benefits” is the battle cry from the farmers. Even though resistance seem…
While wet weather and cool temperatures delayed planting this spring, the corn crop looks “pretty good,” according to LG Seeds agronomists covering various regions across the Midwest. But thos…
There are over 25,000 farriers in the U.S. today. Farrier services are rarely advertised because qualified farriers are in high demand by the horse-owning public.
