November is National Novel Writing Month, affectionately referred to as NaNoWriMo, (https://nanowrimo.org/) and, though I’m not writing a novel, I’m game for a writing challenge. Writers tailor the writing challenge to meet their needs, and mine was always...
Growing in the Midwest, farm lanes were a thing. It was a cropping region, with no livestock, other than seasonal 4H project animals. With little livestock, there was little fencing, and fields weren’t planted fence row to fence row, like we plant here in...
You Don’t Need to be Good to be a Runner. You Just Need to Run Sometimes you have to just finally admit that the things you like to do aren’t necessarily the things you’re good at. Take me, and running, for instance. Fact is, I just basically suck at...
Whether it’s a plantation or a homestead, a ranch or an acreage, some things about many things about farmland are universal. At the most basic level, it’s land that’s capable of producing a crop, but the reality is a bit more than that. What is “farming” and what’s a...
Is Owning Farmland Right for You? Deciding if owning a farm is right for you is one of the most impactful decisions you’re likely to ever make. Agricultural land has the potential of being a long-term investment, a tax haven, a family retreat, a second home, or an...