It's tempting -- and a temptation to which many people succumb -- to say that the world is going downhill and that more people are worse off...

On a recent Monday, I found myself strolling across the street in downtown Fargo, N.D. Despite the fact that it was an early January day in one...

Traditionally there is a lull that occurs for commodity markets in early January. Holidays have passed and until the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Wheat The wheat market experienced a couple of days with decent gains during regular trade only to close with minor gains in an overall sideways...

Yes it's cold outside, but it's warm in a meeting room. December has already given many opportunities for farmers to get together with events...

It is so hard to believe that another whole year has passed and we are looking down the calendar at 2019! I remember like it was just the other...

* With sincere apologies to Charles Dickens Two cities, similar sizes, five miles apart on a state highway, midway between two major cities....

Winter time game day parties are some of my favorite parties to host. Cold weather, great friends and a decent ball game to watch stacks the...

Do you shop on Sunday mornings? I don’t. In fact, my home state of North Dakota is the only state with a law that doesn’t allow you to shop...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. -- Here at the first day of the two-day annual Extension Lake Region Roundup in Devils Lake, N.D. The farm show, which I've...

McDonald's announced recently that it aims to lessen the use of medically important antibiotics in the cattle supplying its beef. Hurrah for...

There's a guy I know — with adult children of his own — who's upset about his childhood. The guy is still a little angry that his...