Get used to schizophrenic farming
We're often challenged to explain why agriculture deserves special treatment, and those are always good questions. But it's very simple: Farming is the only sector that is wholly irreplaceable.
Lightning round lambing ends 2022
A crazy ending to winter lambing was a fitting end to 2022 for Rebecca Miller. On to 2023.
Seeing the future of animal ID
While most U.S. beef producers are having a hard time coming to grips with livestock traceability, a Japanese cattle company is taking animal ID to the next level.
Here’s to those who work for a living
You know what our problem is? "We've spent decades trying to distance ourselves from traditional notions of Work," says Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe.
Cheese diplomacy and desserts
Although I'm sure it's been the source of family feuds, nothing brings people together like food. Cheese diplomacy and other dairy news tidbits.
What policy will help farms succeed?
Today, we want it all: a healthy environment, low taxes, cheap food, profitable agriculture community and a solid rural economy. But if we looked long-term, what is it that would be "worth as much to agriculture 25 years from now" as it is today?
What does ‘socially just’ agriculture mean?
Society currently expects three things from farmers. First, produce high quality and safe food. Second, protect the environment. Third, treat farm animals humanely. But some still clamor that's not enough.
My kitchen table
Farm and Dairy reader Lynne Almasy shares all the reasons she's grateful for her kitchen table as she prepares to serve another Thanksgiving feast there.
Bionic farm resolutions for 2008
Television in the 1970s gave us The Six Million Dollar Man, starring Lee Majors. As the show's opening announcer told us each week, Majors was: "Steve Austin, astronaut.
Typical family farm? It’s complicated
It's hard to lump family farms into one neat package. Family farms are small, large and everywhere in between, and their farm business structure can be simple or complicated. More from Editor Susan Crowell.
