Warm weather has arrived in Minnesota's Bluff Country. Temperatures have climbed above freezing and stayed there for several days now. It won't be long before my friend Harlan will start collecting sap from his maple trees.
Small-scale farmers can take the worry out of barn building with barn kits that are affordable and easy to assemble.
We are in the midst of winter farm show season, nationally as well as here in the Midwest. A week and a half ago, I was in Sioux Falls, S.D., for their show. Last week, there was a big show in Des Moines, Iowa.
Some of the Spanish goat's colorful regional names suggest one of their primary uses: they're called "brush goats" and "briar goats" in the Carolinas, "wood goats" in Florida, "Hill goats" in Virginia, and "scrub goats" throughout their original range.
