Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

Those tiles, which were first installed in the mid-1800s and have now largely been replaced with plastic pipes, ultimately allowed farmers to grow crops on land that was once too wet to farm. Lee Tesdell is the fifth generation to own his family’s 80-acre farm in Polk County, Iowa. Tesdell’s is 80.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This tool is part of a broader effort by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to streamline its processes, improve customer service, and expand credit access. The American Farm Bureau Federation and South Dakota Farm Bureau presented Rep. with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 4, 2024

Finding adequate, affordable health insurance can be a huge challenge for people who run small, family farms or ranches, said Alana Knudson, director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Kenneth McAlister’s family farmland in Electra, Texas. farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A few years back, while building a fence on her farmland, Hemmes suffered her first bout of on-the-job heat exhaustion. This [farm] has been in my family for over 125 years, she said. So its all on me, and its my family farm. Keeping her farm well-managed is a responsibility she doesnt take lightly.

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