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We can all be ag teachers
My soon-to-be-rookie-ag-teacher niece and I had a few minutes to hang out before a meeting we both attended recently, and I asked her how her classes were going. My typically…
Getting dirty with the Harris family
Sometime around age 11, I started the process of teaching my oldest daughter to start the laundry. As you can imagine, we produce a high record of dirty clothes between…
A new year, a new Jerry
When I graduated from high school, I was 5-foot-9-inches tall and weighed around 145 pounds. By the time I came home for the summer, after my first year of college,…
A new year, a new Jerry
When I graduated from high school, I was 5-foot-9-inches tall and weighed around 145 pounds. By the time I came home for the summer, after my first year of college,…
We can all be ag teachers
My soon-to-be-rookie-ag-teacher niece and I had a few minutes to hang out before a meeting we both attended recently, and I asked her how her classes were going. My typically…
Gathering bulls
I always dread the day I gather bulls, from all the pastures, to haul them to their winter confines. All the bulls. I presently own are very gentle and rarely…
Teamwork
In December, our kids enjoyed a highly-anticipated snow day during the school week. It was just enough snow to play and sled in. The temperatures stayed low and the snow…
Why everyone should be interested in ag
My job at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor allows me to do what I love most, write stories about farmers and ranchers, and talking about what they do on their farms.…
Fishing tips
My wife and I were watching one of those pawnshop reality shows on TV last week (How boring is our life?), when a guy brought in an old, crank-type telephone,…
Why everyone should be interested in ag
My job at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor allows me to do what I love most, write stories about farmers and ranchers, and talking about what they do on their farms.…