This might be a record – I’m going to talk about agronomics rather than politics for two weeks in a row … I promise a return to your regularly scheduled punditry next week. I wanted to spend some time discussing Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) this week because I saw a LOT of it last […]
For the last eight years, I’ve spent a week each August as a scout on the ProFarmer Midwest Crop Tour. My first year, I was pressed into service by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting as a stringer reporting on each day’s Tour findings. From that first Tour, I requested the assignment annually; the Tour […]
I’m working late from my hotel room in Fishers, Indiana, our first stop on the ProFarmer Midwest Crop Tour. Day 1 took our band of merry men and maidens from Columbus to this suburb of Indianapolis via a dozen or so different routes across Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana. Along the way, scouts sampled corn […]
The 2010 ProFarmer Midwest Crop Tour is officially underway! I’m covering my seventh or eighth Tour this year, and I’m thrilled. This is my “working” vacation every summer, where I get away from the office and the ABN County Fair and Festival Tour Powered by Propane (and this year away from school, too!), and […]
I realize I’m writing this a few days post facto, but it’s been a busy week, so indulge me. Lindsay and I were once again privileged to host the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions. This marks the fourth year we’ve anchored the live television broadcast in partnership with the Ohio News Network. For us, […]
Livestock shows are an abstract concept. I’ve been going to county, state and national agricultural expositions all my life, so I’d never given much thought to what an “outsider” might think upon seeing their first steer or heifer show. Last week, with the conclusion of the Ohio State Fair, I had reason to pause and […]
One of the great things about moving our studios to The Ohio State University a couple of years ago is the unprecedented access we have to the University, and likewise that friends and guests have to us. We’re often asked to host student groups like the Ohio Pork Youth Leadership Institute last month, and today […]
I’m sitting in class at The Ohio State University, chatting about social media in the overall scope of an integrated marketing plan. On the school front, I’ve officially challenged my first grade in Biology 102 (the class I wrote about in last week’s column) that I suspect may have been a little lower than earned […]
Some months ago, I shared that I’ve returned to The Ohio State University to complete my undergraduate studies. Two quarters into the process, I’m thoroughly enjoying myself, even as the extra work provides many new challenges in balancing my personal, professional, and now educational responsibilities. This summer quarter, far from reveling in a slower academic […]
Not every rural state is a “red state,” and vice-versa. Even so, there is a strong correlation between red state sensibilities and America’s Heartland; in other words, those rural states know as “fly-over country.” As Real Clear Politics reports, lefties are trying to alter the Electoral College to disenfranchise these very states. To understand what […]
