Mother Nature has really been playing tricks on all of us this spring. We have excess moisture in the form of flooding and rain which made it difficult to get into the fields to plant.

The beginning of 2011 was a busy season of travel for me. Early in February, I attended the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in cold, snowy Nebraska.

If you are a parent, I think you’ll agree with me that one of the hardest life lessons to teach (or to learn, for that matter) is choice and accountability.

I have to confess, I’m not a person who enjoys numbers. I’m pretty good at balancing the checkbook and setting up budgets for our home, but would much rather make a scrapbook page or play the piano.

Late summer and early fall is one of my favorite times of the year. You can feel a literal change in the air with warm, sunny days and cool, crisp nights. I love watching the harvest in the fields and seeing the changing colors of the leaves.

When it comes to breaking through with a successful business adventure, agriculture can be one of the toughest nuts to crack.