A drive through the river bottoms

These photos were taken about a month ago along the Missouri River in Glasgow, MO and in our corn fields near there by my mom, Karla.  The mighty river was flowing fast that day as Iowa had received a lot of rain pushing the…

Parakeets on steroids? Hawaii, Home and Heritage

This past January Randy and I flew to Hawaii to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary! We traveled with Agri-Talk host Mike Adams and his sweet wife Patty and 45 other farmers from all over the Midwest. Our fearless guide was Dave Lien, manager at Holiday…

Happy Birthday, America!

How blessed I am to live in this beautiful, diverse, FREE country! This evening’s news featured young teens and children from Mexico risking their lives to come to the “land of opportunity”. I pray that I never take the freedoms and opportunities that our country offers…

Terraces and Farming

There are terraces…. …and there are terraces! Quite a difference!!! We recently terraced some fields that were showing signs of erosion. I really enjoyed getting watching the terrace construction!  This picture shows the completed work… Notice the small dams or berms which control and…