Alice Kahn snapped a photo of a common buckeye butterfly in her backyard – and it was chosen as the winning image of the 2016 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp (OWLS) contest.
Global trade offers possible economic boost for Midwest
Back when Mark Twain was growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, river towns were the lords of the Midwest, flush with jobs and money. But only a foolish town resisted the coming of the railroads, which were the future, like it or not.
Despite ‘Back to the Future,’ roads are required in 2015
October 2015 was the future that Doc and Marty visited in the Back to the Future movies. They traveled through time in a nuclear-powered, flying sports car. Those of us older than 30 traveled through time, too – just day by day.
For America, reductionism makes the complex simple
Most Americans like things simple because, well, life is just simpler that way. We like our choices even more simple – up or down, baked or fried, boxers or briefs – because we believe simple choices shorten the odds of mistaken choices.
Is crop insurance setup holding back better farm conservation?
The way crop insurance is currently organized prevents some farmers from finding motivation to improve soil health; government policies need to change if the environment is going to benefit, but more data need to be collected and analyzed before any suggestions can be made, according to Deb Atwood of AGree.
First flood, then drought give Missouri wheat planters grief
Missouri wheat and soybean farmers have had a trying year in the same weather patterns that extended south of St. Louis and east into southern Illinois and Indiana.
