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The Humble Beginnings of Midwest Farm Life As settlers pushed westward during the 1840s, the American Midwest became a center of agricultural expansion. Most pioneer families established farms of approximately 100 acres, creating the foundation for what would become one of the world’s most productive farming regions. Life on these early farms was simple and demanding. The typical family lived …
As we celebrate our 250th anniversary of our independence, I enjoy researching America’s agricultural history over those same 250 years. Company logos are more than just graphics, they reflect a company’s identity, like the Leaping Deer of John Deere, the Checkerboard Square of Ralston Purina. J.I. Case founded his implement company in 1847. The Civil War interrupted a lot of …
Markets are closed today, of course, for the Juneteenth holiday, giving us an opportunity to share a poem I wrote many years ago honoring my dad, but all dads in rural America. This is the bottom-line report. He could fix a tractor when it wouldn’t run, work past dark till the chores were done. He’d wipe his sweat and dust …
