Thomas Simpkins, Hiwassee, Virginia, had a problem with deer destroying his young fruit trees.

Reader: I am at my wit's end with my poor bull.

In helping families communicate about the future of their farm or ranch, we often run into conflicts between family members.

Grief is funny. Not "ha ha" funny but odd funny.

If there's one thing I'm not, it's a perfectionist. I prefer the term "perfectly imperfect," because at the most, it's an accurate statement, and, at the least, it sounds good.

One of the most common pieces of advice given to farmers during times of tight profit margins is to diversify their operations.

As a guy who has studied and written about commodity markets a long time, something I had to come to terms with years ago is the joy of publicly being wrong now and then.