Gift to the graduates
With two grandkids graduating from college last week, graduates are on my mind. Here are a few tips to help young adults conquer the world. Before your first job interview, learn what you can about...
Peggy Sanders, Columnist
Peggy Sanders is a farm-ranch wife, historian and writer from Oral, S.D.
Recent Articles
A.I.
To anyone in livestock production, A.I. means artificial insemination. In cattle, it’s a way to introduce expensive bull semen into cows for a small fraction of the cost of a high-powered bull. That kind of...
What shall we do tomorrow?
Dear friends, and friends I haven’t yet met, My letter tonight is for all to read and with any luck, for the uninitiated to heed; uninitiated in this case means people who do not work...
Learning rural etiquette
When you move to the country, you will discover rules of etiquette that you will need to know as part of the culture even though they may not apply anywhere else. You will discover new...
Thankful thoughts
We’ve been praying for rain and it’s a pleasure to say we got some. You can watch the grass grow. Thank you, God. Before covid, I didn’t give a thought to people who show up...
The saga of the package
I wrote about my errant package two weeks ago, and now am going to catch you up on its final travels, where we left off on April 8, and the condition upon arrival. At the...
Unbelievable USPS
You how when someone tells you a story and you think, that cannot be possible. She made it up. I can tell you that is not true when it comes to the United States Postal...
How far east does West go?
To the U.S. Census Bureau, South Dakota is in the West North Central Midwest. According to the World Book Encyclopedia, “The western North Central States include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North...
Tagging along
One of the ways ranchers identify their cattle is by using plastic ear tags. They may look like earrings on the cows but they are more practical. When a herd has more than one owner,...
Farming thoughts
In recognition of National Agriculture Week, here are varied thoughts that may bring a chuckle or at least a smile to ag producers everywhere. “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re...