UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In the following discussion, I would like to share some thoughts on how to add net profit into a grazing operation, as well as share my own experiences reducing hay inputs with the grass-finished beef herd that roams across our northern Michigan family farm.

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Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

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. I do everything from banking to planting to spraying, everything. Im very proud of that. Shes been more or less a one-woman show since.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvester 73

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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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 145

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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Plowing Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 45

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. It’s round the clock,” said Robin, a family friend and farmer from the Hill Country. farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

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Ranching Ruralism Farming Farming 99

Caff

MAY 24, 2022

youth and adult volunteers Location: Fresno, California Acres in cultivation: Less than one acre Marketing: farmer’s markets, farm stand and CSA Crops: mixed vegetables “I think the food safety piece is just as important as all the other stuff that we do. It’s just as important as plowing, making rows and laying irrigation lines.”

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Farming Farming Acre Cultivation 52