by Doug Mayo | Oct 21, 2016
Harold and Jenny live on a farm in the Florida Panhandle. Though they have been married for many years, and raised three children to adulthood together, their marriage has been challenging for Jenny. Harold has worked hard his whole adult life to provide for his...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 14, 2016
Wednesday, October 12th was National Farmer Day, an annual day set aside to pay tribute to the 2% of Americans that feed the other 98% of us. National Fill In Blank Day has been made very popular with social media as a neat way to draw attention to a meaningful...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2016
One day a farmer’s jackass fell down into an old abandoned well on the old homestead. The animal brayed and squealed pitifully for hours. The farmer was going crazy, because he could not figure out what to do. He and his wife hardly slept at all, as the poor...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 23, 2016
Farm machinery classified adds are normally dull and boring, but do get the point across in just a few words. Recently a farmer in the Panhandle came up with something really clever to generate income for his farm from an antique tractor restoration project that had...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 16, 2016
Farmers and ranchers always pay close attention to market reports, but are normally discouraged by them. Perhaps if the market reports were more fun, the bad news might be easier to take. This Week’s Stock Market Summary Helium was up, feathers were down. ...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 9, 2016
A country preacher was very frustrated with the level of alcohol abuse in his congregation. There were several families that were really struggling, so he decide it was time for him to take action. The preacher used every angle to discuss the negative effects of...