Family

Get the latest on farm family issues, including education, health, and safety. This section also features farm humor columnists and information for women involved in agriculture and farming.
Paige Tuggle
Agriculture all day
farm family illustration
In-law issues affect the family and farm
peppers in hand
In this season’s garden, grow an extra row to share with those in need
Willie Nelson Farm Aid mural
Murals in rural Iowa county showcase its history and culture
Kendall and Dorcille Vanderslice with a pan of cinnamon rolls
Church cookbooks: food, faith, and a way to honor women
Illustration of a family of five standing outside their two-story house in the snow, next to a red present almost as tall as the house.
Farmer asks: When is the best time to give large financial gifts?
Foraged and pickled dandelion greens
Edible weed species in your own backyard
thanksgiving-table-spread
Thanksgiving meal costs expected to drop from record highs of 2022
Lieutenant Myron Koets at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam in 1968 colorized
A veteran remembers
Members of four generations of the Brown family.
Letting go is the secret to survival for this Texas ranch
Blonde female nurse holds a small beige insulin delivery device in her palm.
Education is key to preventing and managing diabetes
Sparkles the therapeutic cat
New plumbing
A mid-adult blonde woman getting a mammogram. She is being helped by a Black nurse.
Rural women have limited access to breast cancer detection
Elle St. Pierre
Vermont dairy farmer to compete in second Olympics
Aerial view of the Sands farmland
The Sands legacy: two centuries of land, family, and faith
Chemo mask for tonsil cancer
The mask
Heather Barnes demonstrating sheep shearing
How 4-H changed my life
An illustration of a couple is split in half. The woman is in front of a black-and-white house, she is reaching to hold the hand of a man, who stands in a field.
Farmer's wife asks: Will harvest season always feel so lonely?
940 Waco biplane at Brookings airport
A fun summer Saturday
jerry nelson's new anvil
A shipshape shop
James Butler Jr with his son Oscar
Generations of resilience: The inspiring legacy of Butler Farms
Jeff Koehn
A fellow traveler
Bella helps lineman set up new electric poles on the farm.
A changing of the grid
Rochelle and Evan Schnadt with their son, Leighton, and daughter, Ellery.
These young farmers embrace regenerative agriculture practices on their small farm
jerry nelson socks
PET scanned
Old Timer’s Day with the Nelson boys
Old Timers Day memories
a young man pets a calf
Dairy fest!
musk thistle
The weed warrior
Aurora borealis north of the chicken coop
Aurora Borealis on the farm
Nelsons old corn planter check wire mechanism
Planting season tales
farm supply store plumbing solution
All’s well
From left, Leonard, Bella and Noah work on installing a bay window.
Installing windows
Aaron LaPointe is helping the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska reclaim and farm its own land.
Bringing farming back to the Winnebago Tribe
Women's Purse
A purse emergency
smartwatch illustration
Wearable technology makes the workplace safer
Construction workers repair a foundation beam in a polebarn.
Mission creep
This trophy buck was among the many exhibits that the Nelsons viewed at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, Missouri.
Missouri meanderings
Sondra and Jack Reeder drove from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Poplar Bluff, Missouri to observe and photograph the solar eclipse that took place on April 8, 2024.
The eclipse enthusiast
new used drill press
Drill pressed
1954 edition of Three Quarters
A college chapbook
Grey and white crossbred SimAngus cow stands with farmer.
Mourning my father on Father’s Day
Bayley Ballenger poses with her mom, Cindy, by Bayley’s racecar. Bayley has been racing sprint cars since she was 14.
A trip to the Expo
Middle aged Brazilian womans hands harvesting vegetable in her vegetable garden,Belo Horizonte,State of Minas Gerais,Brazil
9 homemade garden hacks
Weather Proofing Your Farm Part 2
Weather prognostication
St. Patrick's Day Templates and Printables
St. Patrick's Day
Heather Lifsey reading El Campo newspaper in Chile
Ag journalists from around the world face similar challenges
A small farm with vegetables growing in a garden surrounded by a picket fence.
10 spring gardening tips
Eldon and Leif Nygaard
A spirited evening
Nelson’s venerable John Deere “A” tractor was nearly buried by a snowdrift following a blizzard that arrived on March 17, 2023.
The winter that wasn't
Pesticides stored on shelf.
Consider these 5 tips when storing pesticides on the farm
Pesticide containers on trailer
3 Tips to transport pesticides safely
LCL plan your dream garden
Plan your dream garden
Heather Lifsey at NY produce market
Providing produce to The Big Apple
ATV in Broken Bow, OK
5 ATV and UTV tips you have to try
Rural gravel road with corn and soybeans on either side
Floor cleaning season
Baton passing
Passing the baton in agriculture organizations
Jerry Nelson's cat, Sparkles, with flowers
Love is in the air
Kate Honeycutt with sunflowers
Finding a new path in farming
The author strikes the first arc with his vintage electric welder in his refurbished farm shop.
Zen and the art of welding
Heather Lifsey at Mardi Gras World
Finding agriculture at Mardi Gras
A sundog hovers on the horizon as Jerry Nelson uses his John Deere “3010” tractor to clear snow after a recent prairie blizzard.
The pickle blizzard
boy cuddling a calf at Sunset View Creamery
Cow cuddling questions
dentist
A dental dynasty