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‘We’re Cut Off’: Rural Farmers Are Desperate for Broadband Internet

Daily Yonder

Stroup and her husband farm about 200 acres near Bessemer City, Nortth Carolina. They raise beef cattle and plant wheat and soybeans. But they have been consistently stymied when it comes to internet access on their farm. ” Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats.

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‘We’re Cut Off’: Rural Farmers Are Desperate For Broadband Internet

Modern Farmer

Stroup and her husband farm about 200 acres near Bessemer City, NC. They raise beef cattle and plant wheat and soybeans. But they have been consistently stymied when it comes to internet access on their farm. Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats.

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Rural Roots and Inspiring Stories: America’s Newest Farm Podcast

Trimble Agriculture

Your new favorite farm podcast about overcoming adversity, achieving success, and appreciating everything rural life has to offer. Many Americans grow up without understanding the resilience, dedication, and courage it takes to get food from the farm to the table. years back in 2017.

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The contribution of farming to the rural environment: A farmer’s viewpoint in 1985

Sustainable Food Trust

Today, farming is far from a simple livelihood. As well as growing food, farmers are tasked with delivering a broad spectrum of ‘public goods’ – from wildlife habitat and healthy soils to public access and rural employment. Is it the period 1750-1850 when most of the present rural features were planted or built?

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The value of well-managed grazing on Scotland’s grasslands

Sustainable Food Trust

Look at the OS map for the area surrounding our farm in Highland Perthshire, and it is littered with Gaelic placenames related to the keeping of cattle and goats. It’s a benefit I see clearly at home, with half of our family farm designated as an SSSI because of the mix of species-rich upland habitats that cover our hill ground.

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Evolving Sustainable Practices on a Fifth Generation Ranch — Valley View Ranch & Flying Heart Meats, Strathmore, Alberta

RR2CS

“We have a long, deep rooted connection with agriculture on both sides of the family farm,” explains Rod, whose own grandfather emigrated to southern Alberta from Holland in the 1920s. Soil health, environmental sustainability, and knowledge sharing have all been critical to ensuring the farm’s evolution and success.

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Book Excerpt: Commodities and Consolidation

Food Tank

Instead of growing a variety of crops and raising animals, most farms now rely on a commodity crop or two. That’s why less than 10 percent of farms still have animals. Previously, it was cost-effective for farmers to graze their cattle or grow their own feed. Most land in Iowa is not even farmed by owners anymore.