Selling meat direct: 5 sales channels for farmers
Many farmers have growing interest in direct sales. Here are five direct sales channels for farmers to put food to fork.
Take some time to stop and think
Economics are tight in agriculture right now, especially in the dairy industry. When times are tough, it is very easy to just work harder and hope things will get better.
I’ve got an unwelcome and hungry guest
When it comes to dealing with a bear, discretion seems the better part of stubbornness.
Sportsman’s benefit shoot to help local veteran
The Ironman Clay Bird Shoot will take place July 17, 2016, in Leetonia, Ohio. Funds raised will be used to purchase an all-terrain wheelchair to help a local disabled veteran regain access to outdoor sports.
Gibson tractors were important for a while
In 1933, Harry Gibson started the Gibson Manufacturing Co. in Seattle, Washington, as a heavy machine shop.
The land of non-action actions
Now, courtesy of Congress, our non-legislating legislature, we might soon be buying non-label labeled food.
We only have so much groundwater
We only have so much groundwater, so let's protect it.
Polio is one more concern our generation doesn’t know
Thanks to progress, we have overcome many of the challenges of earlier generations, including polio.
Ask FSA Andy about conservation plan reminders
Eligibility for FSA, NRCS and RMA Crop Insurance programs require producers to have a conservation plan in order to plant on Highly Erodible Land (HEL) and there are restrictions on planting on ground determined to be a wetland.
The great squirrel attack
For farm dogs, some visitors are welcomed, and others are game.
