Blake Hurst

The lead up to this yearPs election has shown almost total agreement on at least one topic. No, make that two topics. We arenPt pleased with the candidates for president, and wePve lost faith in our leaders and in the government they lead.

It must be wearing to man the ramparts in the final months of the Obama administration. So many regulations to write; so many groups to offend; so much to accomplish under the cover provided by the black hole of public attention that is Donald Trump.

Farmers have to compete with international trading partners and adapt to change although there will be winners and losers

Farmer Blake Hurst reflects on the GOP presidential debate, Iowa caucuses, and the candidates Trump, Cruz, Bernie, Hillary, Jeb and Rubio

Some marriages break up on the rocks of infidelity. Drink, illness, and financial misfortune can all result in unhappiness, grief, or even divorce. Our happiness, the happiness that has blessed Julie and me during our nearly 40 year long union, has seen trials,

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Harvest has started here in Northwest Missouri, and although we lost a lot of crop to excessive rain and flooding, the early corn yields on our better drained soils have been outstanding.

I started the month with a quick trip north for the Minnesota Farmfest. I had a great time as I walked the rows of shiny new machinery. Farm shows are where hopes are born

At a time when unease about the environment, climate change, and "sustainability" is at a peak, this enterprise canÀt help but raise a red flag.

TodayPs agriculture is a foreign and frightening place to the consumers who eat what farmers produce, but donPt trust the producers of that food any further than they could throw a grass-fed steer.