One of my favorite memories from my childhood is laying in my bed in the second story of my parents' farmhouse, looking out at ...

My sister lives in Colorado, where the sun always shines and the air is always fresh and the temperature is always just right. So when sh...

Amy Grant may think that Christmas it the most wonderful time of the year, but at the dairy, we think silage chopping time is actually the ...

When combines emerge and dust starts to fly, I basically start singing, "It's Christmastime in the city" because harvest m...

We could say something profound and heartfelt this Christmas Eve, reminding you that a farmer has to "get up before dawn, milk cows, w...

One of the things you may not know about farm folks is that we take care of our neighbors, and they take care of us.  Here in Misso...

One of the things you may not know about farm folks is that we take naps, and we take them in really strange places.  Farmers are not...

It all started on Saturday afternoon when I was cleaning out our little chicken coop and a mouse/vole ran at me. One minute I was sweeping,...

One of the best things about living in the country is that it's (a) quiet, (b) relatively private, and (c) see (a). There are no si...

I can't drive a silage chopper.  Or a gigantical tractor.  Or a truck.  Or anything more than a Gator or a lawn mower really. 

The weather in Missouri has been pretty nasty this year. So when it started snowing (again) and the forecast called for sub-zero temperature...

One good thing about Advent: It's the time of year in which the Lord causes us to hold up, slow down, and just chill out while we wai...