I am grilling Strauss American lamb chops if you want a taste...best hurry.

Thanksgiving day treasures the original Loos homestead in Rural Quincy, IL. My grandfather Calvin J. Loos is on far left and was born in 1918.

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Headlines in 1988 "The farmer's share of the food dollar dropped to 32 percent in 1985 and to 31 percent in 1986." What is it today?

So have never been a Chuck Hagel fan but not to hard to see that he is being used as a scapegoat in this deal. What exactly is the "skill set" needed to deal with Islamic State? Kenyon Born?

http://www.theindependent.com/news/national/hagel-expected-to-step-down-at-obama-s-request/article_330be738-73e8-11e4-b4f1-774860af034e.html