For many people, weather is the ultimate small-talk topic. But for the farmers who feed the world, weather is huge – it can be the difference between a bumper crop and a total loss – so weather talk is anything but small. And Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien’s principal atmospheric scientist, says he…
LUCK, Wis. – There was a time when folks came together all across the land. They helped thresh each other’s grain. They raised barns. Get-togethers moved from farm to farm across neighborhoods, townships and counties. It wasn’t just for important work; celebrations, dances and socials also b…
My wife, Jo, took me to the emergency room recently after two nights of excruciating abdominal pain. My condition included the most wretched retching I have ever experienced. As I was walking the floor for hours and hours, I found myself crying out to Jesus for relief.
This is the time to begin looking, noticing and utilizing spring things as they come out of hibernation, grow out of hiding and are influenced with a changing photoperiod. Much of what happens is an organism’s developmental response to the length of light periods and dark periods. Animals an…
This past summer I came across a box of love letters that my dad, Tom Pfaff, had written to my mom. I have no idea how they found their way to her because all he put on the envelope besides “Miss Ann Van Dunk” was “Holmen, Wisconsin.” ZIP codes were not used until 1963 but I’d still think a …
Some things are easy to start but difficult to control and difficult to end. Arguments, wars and wildfires are among them. And while few of us have the power to start a war, and we can learn to control our tendency to argue, we often become complacent about wildfires. Many of us have not eve…
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All winter long we may yearn for the warmth of summer, but not me. I do love a good sweat but I don’t miss the bugs.
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As we prepare to celebrate Holy Week and Easter, we would do well to remember the witness of the German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He believed saying “yes” to Jesus means saying “no” to everything contrary to that commitment.
March showers wake up things, said Doug Williams at DW Sports Center in Portage, Wisconsin. Early blooming begins. Robins are able to find earthworms. White-tailed deer coats, even with old hair, look tidy.
Armed and fortified with a cup of coffee, I set about the bothersome task of changing the time on the various timepieces scattered around the house.
Some days it feels like the world has slipped into high gear with the throttle wide open. Prices jump. Conflicts overseas add tension to every news cycle. Weather swings from one extreme to another. And now spring fieldwork is here with more acres, fewer hands, longer hours, tighter margins …
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio was full of information regarding weather, agricultural markets, crop diseases, livestock challenges and ag profitability. But there were several groups there to offer help with what those ag aspects create – stress. Without help…
From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather March 16 put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions.
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I’ll tell my favorite parade story this coming Sunday, Palm Sunday, March 29, when I gather with the folks at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s wild turkeys now roam, feed, flush and roost in all 72 counties. They draw interest from hunters, farmers, birders, visitors and biologists throughout the year. Turkeys are often on our minds as their habits and habitats change.
BAYFIELD, Wis. – We often hear stories of adventurers in earlier times who overcame overwhelming odds to accomplish amazing things. Their success was greatly due to the indomitable spirit each possessed that kept them going through the toughest challenges. They answered a higher calling. Lea…
My farming days are finished but a recent story made me realize I clearly left a lot of money on the table.
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