Month: January 2012
Preparing for Agriculture’s Future
The next 40 years are predicted to bring an ever increasing population both here and around the world. Food needs will rise and agricultural jobs…
Resolving Controversies in Animal Agriculture
It used to be that controversies in agriculture revolved around which color of tractor to buy or what kind of seed to plant. Those debates…
Maximizing Animal Production and Producers’ Time
There are an increasing number of farmers in this nation who also have off-farm jobs. However, the farm can be just as profitable for them…
Flying a World Record Endurance
If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the ceiling over the baggage claim…
The 24 Hour Las Vegas Museum
You may recall we recently discussed a pair of brothers in Mississippi who in 1935 set a record by keeping an airplane in flight for…
The World’s Longest Flight
The longest nonstop commercial flight in the world is currently a Singapore Airlines route from Newark to Singapore. It’s in the air over 18 hours…
Iowa’s Aviation Museum
For the past few days we,ve been in Greenfield, Iowa, home to the Iowa Aviation Museum. You probably never realized how many aviation firsts are…
Charles Levine
Chalres Lindburgh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. But lost in our history books in the name of a…
Landing A Plane on a Boat
Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might. However, have you ever given any thought to…
Root Capitol
Willy Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggle to survive. What resulted was a vision that turned into a non-profit organization…