The President's Column Ask any farmer or rancher who’s been growing crops or raising livestock more than one season and they’ll tell you that for all the technology agriculture affords, sometimes luck is all they really ...
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Mike Danna/La. Parish Farm BureauZachary Today.Com
Little concern for justice in New Orleans! Remember the scene in the movie, The Fugitive, where Harrison Ford is about to jump off a cliff into a raging river? He turns to his pursuer, a federal agent played by Tommy Lee Jones, and says: “I...
Does anyone care about debts and deficits? “Fiscal Cliff, Part One” is over. President Obama wins the round. He wanted to raise the income tax rates on the top two percent of taxpayers and he got his way. The tax change will bring in an add...
Happy New Year? The beginning of a new year is often a time to look forward and look back. The way the future looks, I prefer to look back -- and depend on my advanced age to spare me from having to deal with too ...
Can you sleep when the wind blows? Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms t...
Random Thoughts Random thoughts on the passing scene:
When I was growing up, an older member of the family used to say, "What you don't know would make a big book." Now that I am an older member of the family, I w...
The Cat and the Lizards I had a cat once that deemed itself a mighty hunter. His choice of prey was lizards. He would watch them crawl down the patio walls, pick a spot within the edge of his leaping ability, fly from the...
Letter to the Editor: Zachary Public Cemetery Letter to the Editor
RE: Zachary Public Cemetery
Received via e-mail Dec. 14
This is no newfangled cemetery with lots of bells and whistles. It is still a simple country cemetery where men with sh...
GUEST EDITORIAL: Reasoning for the Season Many people throughout the world have experienced heartache, pain, suffering, violence, disasters and/or personal tragedies. Some might question: “Where was God when all of these various events occ...
Prescribed burning topic of certification workshop CLINTON--Learning to burn safely was the main topic of the State Prescribed Burning Certification workshop held at the LSU AgCenter Bob R. Jones Idlewild Research Station on Dec. 12-14.
Trying to s...
Sheriffs cite moral wrongs with inmate phone rate cuts The Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association would like to set the record straight on where we stand in regards to the recent comments written by Foster Campbell, as well as the comments that he made at the...
Protect plants from freeze damage The majority of plants in our landscapes are completely winter hardy. The primary concern during freezes is our tender plants in the ground or in outdoor containers. These plants – native to tropic...
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Dan Gill/LSU AgCenter HorticulturistZachary Today.Com
