Farmers Win! The Super Bowl and Agriculture
Super Bowl XLV gets a Texas-sized push from agriculture (By Texas Department of Agriculture) EXCERPT: When Super Bowl XLV kicks off Feb. 6 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, [...]
Statistics and Trends
I often post articles and opinion pieces that discuss new trends in agriculture and farming. You will usually find excepts with links to the articles.
Slaughterhouse Access a Big Problem for Small Poultry Farmers
Small poultry farmers grapple with lack of slaughterhouses: Producers in Oregon and beyond can’t find places to butcher chickens (by Carla A. Wise – High Country [...]
Number of Women Farmers is Increasing – NPR Story
From NPR: Women are the largest minority group in agriculture. More than 300,000 women operate farms across the U.S., and the USDA is hoping to settle their discrimination [...]
The Need for Young Farmers – Making the Case
Fresh faces in aging ag (by David Hendee – Omaha World Herald) EXCERPT: Farmers and ranchers under age 35 are a rare species across the country, and the decline in the [...]
Self Sufficient Natural Farming Style Increasing Yields in Hawaii
Natural selection: A self-sufficient system of farming is increasing yields across Hawaii (By Susan Essoyan – Honolulu Star Advertiser) EXCERPT: Unlike conventional or [...]
U.S.-Chinese Currency Linked to Global Food & Commodity Prices
U.S.-Chinese currency link creates spiral in global food costs: Worldwide commodity inflation looms as a threat (by Patrice Hill – The Washington Times) EXCERPT: [...]
The Urban Chicken Movement is Growing
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens (by Ben Block – WorldWatch Institute) EXCERPT: In the backyard of a suburban home in Denver, Colorado, 22 chickens are [...]
US Farm Debt Surges Most Since 1970s As Land Prices Rise
By Mark Peters – Dow Jones Newswires EXCERPT: Debt carried by U.S. farmers increased significantly in recent years as prices for farmland surged, leaving young farmers [...]
What Is The Secret To Farm Profitability?
By Stu Ellis; The Farm Gate, University of Illinois EXCERPT: Most farmers will say that marketing is the hardest task on the farm, because it is hard to pick a price and [...]
After all that… New Congress May Not Fund Food Safety Bill
First posted on GRIST -read more there “Yes, folks, the much-compromised-on food safety bill, having survived countless attempts to kill it from both Democrats and [...]
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