Children are not the only ones hoping Santa will travel down their chimneys with gifts this year. Past trends and future sales forecasts reveal that the holiday season has become more expensive …

What is it about a Minnesota winter that no matter how much fuel we burn, how many times we barely escape frostbite, how much money we spend to keep roadways passable, how much we long for an early …

Gift cards are a nice way to let someone know you are thinking about them around the holidays or a special time in their life. This is especially true if the person is one of those people who seems …

Navigating filing taxes can be challenging, especially if you are new to running a farm business, participating in disaster programs for first time or trying to forecast the farm’s tax bill. …

The sweet spicy aroma of gingerbread cookies waft through my kitchen and mingle with the piney scent of a holiday candle. Bing Crosby croons his tune through my bluetooth speakers as I sip a bit of …

We are undoubtedly coasting into the most wonderful time of the year; the barn and bins are full, your farm equipment fleet has been cleaned up and tucked away, winter is setting in and a call for a …

Chess is consistently ranked as the world’s most popular board game for good reason. It is widely referenced that there are more potential moves in a chess match than atoms in the observable …

Like many villages in the wooded area of Minnesota, serious fires destroyed many buildings in early Foley: retail stores, feed and flour mills, saw mills, livery barns and woodenware manufacturing …

Just like some human babies, thousands of puppies across the world are assigned names shortly after birth that make them ripe for a lifetime of ridicule. According to a recent update from U.S. …

Experienced by a relatively small segment of the present-day United States population, memories of Dec. 7, 1941, remain alive among those who still recall the drastic events that were suddenly …

In the not-too-distant past, the four weeks that led (and still lead) to the celebration of Christmas added almost immeasurably to the workload of women who had barely finished storing away food for …

The United States Department of Agriculture will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2022. Eligible impacted producers …