Rural Life
On September 11, 2001, Dan Baginski should have been at his desk on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower. Instead, he was 3,000 miles away — milking cows at the Washington State Fair.
Cattle producer Rich Stierwalt was checking an electric fence when a Civil War-era penny surfaced — prompting calls, careful handling and a new connection to history.
Marshall and Loretta Ensor transformed an 1890s farmhouse into a hub for amateur radio, teaching 10,000 operators by air and helping shape the early history of wireless communication.
How one farmer’s soil health success funded a community-focused business.
The words spoken around the table can open the door to healing, hope and the courage to ask for help when it matters most.
Though fire reduced her grandparent’s milking parlor to rubble, the tragedy only strengthened Makenna Skiff’s resolve to rebuild and carry on the dairy legacy her grandparents started more than 50 years ago.
An average spring day in May took a turn when an Iowa farmer spotted a ring-tailed passenger hanging on to the end of his sprayer boom.
Old barn wood, new purpose. Ron Skaggs hand-builds custom coffins designed to reflect the life inside, not just mark the end.