The seed footprint of AgReliant Genetics is expanding in the northwestern Corn Belt.

Reader: Our corral is past due for replacing, and I want to do it right. We have a small herd and can't spend a fortune. Do you have any plans or tips that might help me?

READER: I've always wondered why a flathead engine has so many names? I've seen it called a flathead, side valve and L-head engine. I know that the engine head is flat for flathead, and all the valves are on one side of the engine for side valve, but I can't see where the...

Family businesses are simultaneously full of emotion and silence. The intense feelings of love, frustration, pride, conflict or disappointment we feel toward family members with whom we work, while occasionally erupting in heated shouts or congratulatory hugs, more often are...

I had my midlife crisis all planned out, but apparently, my midlife crisis did not get the memo.

Of all the things we have to do and get done, one thing I always strive to accomplish is a nightly sit-down family meal. It's our time to regroup, share old stories and new, and, all-in-all, just be together. Working cattle, planting corn, making hay and then on to harvest can...

As I write, my 3-month-old son is stretched out on his back on the floor batting at his favorite blue octopus toy and cooing at it mischievously. I've only been back to work for a few weeks, but our babysitter has called in sick, so I'm doing double duty.