I didn't get a Mother's Day picture with the kids this year.   I went through some archived pictures to find something to use. I ...

  What are USDA Crop Reports? The Crop Progress reports are weekly reports, ran April through November. They contain the progress of pl...

I have always joked about my husband.  If it walks or flies, he hunts it.  I sometimes label myself "hunter's widow".  Jokingl...

This picture is Dave's Great-Grandpa John and Great-Grandma Marie Kellner fishing in Minnesota in June 1969.  Dave said a family tradit...

We went to bed Thursday night a little leary of the weather.  Northern Illinois had a tornado touchdown that evening,  but seemed like most...

USDA released the 2015 Prospective Plantings Report  on March 31, 2015. These numbers made the corn and bean market  decline when i...

Happy Spring. Spring break begins. Can you imagine the kids counting down the final hours of school today? The beginning of a new season me...

We visited the new Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market in Lafayette for the first time over the weekend.  I was on a quest to find Sweet Lea...

  Kids didn't have school on Tuesday.  We had too much ice.  Best call was to stay home all day and clean and cook.  Kids had ...

When I think of March, I think of GREEN.  Green grass, St. Patrick's day, and first day of spring!  We woke up on the first day of March...

If it is on the internet, then it is real, the truth, the law. Right? Just Google it! The answer is there. I am curious where you go for y...

  A few months ago, a friend shared a recipe on Facebook, Black Bean Corn Salsa.  It was perfect timing since it was sweet corn season...

There are so many factors why the market has gone down since the beginning of 2015.    March Corn Futures (CH15) have gone down 25 ...

We had a great family day last weekend.  Stayed home all day Saturday, and if you know us, you know that is very unusual. We had a few n...