Farm Humor

Have a good laugh with this section full of farm humor, including columns by Jerry Nelson and others.
940 Waco biplane at Brookings airport
A fun summer Saturday
jerry nelson's new anvil
A shipshape shop
jerry nelson socks
PET scanned
Jerry Nelson's cat, Sparkles
A bumpy road ahead
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
Women's Purse
A purse emergency
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
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
Weather Proofing Your Farm Part 2
Weather prognostication
St. Patrick's Day Templates and Printables
St. Patrick's Day
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
Rural gravel road with corn and soybeans on either side
Floor cleaning season
Jerry Nelson's cat, Sparkles, with flowers
Love is in the air
The author strikes the first arc with his vintage electric welder in his refurbished farm shop.
Zen and the art of welding
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
Jerry Nelson's dog takes a stroll on a foggy farm
Sliding into fall
Jerry has resolved to take lessons from his family’s pets, Bella and Sparkles.
New Year's non-resolutions
A cup of coffee on a yellow serving dish
Coffee is restful
A black flat rear tire on a lawn mower
The hard truth about squishy tires
Venison chili
Life is a journey. Enjoy the flight and chili
Holly Holstein and Jolene Jersey
The hunt for the stress relief cow at Expo
Snow covered barn with sun dogs in the sky.
Spring is here, but winter hasn't gotten the hint
Front page of a 4-H record book
Digging into history
spring cleaning cow pic
Let’s scratch the itch of early-spring cleaning
Racoon in cage
Welcoming spooky season
A man's hands working at a laptop computer sitting on a table
Technology trouble
A older woman
Advice from a 100-year-old woman
Old-fashioned popcorn balls
Halloween treats (with recipes!)
Orange and green pumpkins
Cucurbit Chaos
squirrel
Travel travails
toddler toys
The joys of babysitting
Green pumpkin and vines
The pumpkin jungle
No. 29 locomotive at Prairie Village
Loco for locomotives
medicare health insurance
Time happens
Dustin Nelson tearing down old hog barn
Creative destruction
Nelson farm 1969
Lost in nostalgia
Bella in swimming pool
The dog days of summer
ice machine
Recovering from knee surgery
animal crackers
A new knee
Lily B Moonflower
My arts festival experience
tour bus
A dairy farm bus tour
Chris (3) and Paul (5), Jerry Nelson's sons
Burning money: Spending a fortune on fireworks
stick stuck in side of Jerry Nelson's house
DIY stick removal
butterfly on a lilac bush
Let us give thanks and praise for flowers
Jerry Nelson
The Value of Wetlands
The ticks are back!
The ticks are back!
Jerry Nelson lands safely
Land a new hobby
Jerry Nelson's wood stove
Country power failures
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Sticks and other items from around the yard
The Ichinomiyas
From the Far East to the Midwest
Sparkles Nelson
'Can you hear me now?' asks the cat
A dairy farm in Iowa.
Anything and everything related to dairy