Working farms are getting squeezed
In June, a statewide task force in Minnesota released its Animal Agriculture Industry Report. It's 60 pages, but it's good reading.
Protecting at-risk farm children
I tuck my two teenage children in bed several nights a week. At least I go into their bedrooms and pretend I can't see the "Oh Mom!" roll of the eyes as I sit on their beds.
Stop ‘captive supplies’ in farm bill
Guest CommentaryBy George Chambers
BILLINGS, Mont. — My parents, wife and I are the fifth- and sixth-generation owners of 27 Cattle Co., in Carrollton, Ga....
There’s nowhere for the water to go
I’ve seen the numbers. The rain is historic. But it’s not hard to see it with my own eyes, too. With each new rain drop that has fallen, the saturated ground has spit it back out in new ways.
Who’s crying over spoiled milk?
The file's contents spilled out of one folder and into a second. Then a third. For at least seven years in the late 1980s and until 1993, we tracked and reported and wrote about the research and pending FDA decision on the use and commercial sale of bovine somatotropin, or bST.
Economy: ‘Positive, but subdued’
Well, Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain, let's hear it.Let's hear your spiels for turning the U.S. economy around. Tell us your platform for staving...
Can we help the next generation of farmers?
We could all name names.Good farms that have no one waiting in the wings to take over the business. Farmers whose sons and daughters...
Organic farming with gene editing? Yes
Learn more about the differences between genetic engineering, CRISPR and mutation breeding.
John Christy is my new hero
Last week, I had never heard of John Christy. This week, he's my hero. Christy is the director of the
He’ll always be ‘Mr. Darling’ to me
His eyes were intense, piercing almost. And I was more than a little intimidated when he stepped into the office where then Editor Tim Reeves was interviewing me for a staff reporter position.
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