Are your ancestors lolling in your genealogy files, identified only by their dates of birth and death, and by whom they married? Perhaps you should breathe a little life into their dull existences by finding out how they supported themselves and their families. ...more

January 11, 2009

We have created our critically ill national economy. ...more

October 4, 2008

After months of rising food prices, there may be some relief coming with farmers on track to produce the second-largest corn crop and fourth-largest soybean crop in history. ...more

August 13, 2008

Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding that has damaged a portion of the crop, the government reported Monday. ...more

July 1, 2008

Happiness is in the small details of summer: early morning gardening, air conditioning; floating in the pool, air conditioning; mid-afternoon iced coffee; air conditioning; salsa and chips for dinner, ice-cold air conditioning. For me, enduring a Florida summer day is no problem. ...more

June 17, 2008

After a damp, chilly spring, grain farmer Norman Voyles Jr. still had 300 acres of soybeans yet to plant when a monsoonlike storm dumped 10 inches of rain on his central Indiana farm last weekend. ...more

June 12, 2008

In a time when family-owned businesses are dying off, a handful of citrus growers have found a way to thrive doing things the old fashioned way. ...more

December 17, 2007

In a time when family-owned businesses are dying off, a handful of citrus growers have found a way to thrive doing things the old fashioned way. ...more

December 17, 2007

A grain bin collapsed and sent a wave of corn into a home, sweeping it off its foundation, trapping a family of four and shaking the ground for miles. ...more

November 21, 2007

Highlands Today recently did a story that citrus producer Mason Smoak had testified before the House Agriculture Committee in Congress that,"We want legal workers." I can agree that citrus growers need workers to get their fruit picked, but not at the expense of having millions of illegals from Mexico unlawfully entering the United States. Mr. Smoak said he "is proud of the salaries he pays his employees" of $10 an hour, when the federal wage rate is $5.85? ...more

October 11, 2007