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Farmer’s Daughter: Nostalgia is no reason to put legal limits on farms – AGDAILY.COM
By Amanda Zaluckyj, The Farmer’s Daughter USA Once I started law school, there were a few changes I urged my parents to make to our farming operation. They needed to have written lease agreements, w... Read More
Farm Babe: From tires to toilets, today’s world runs on GMOs – AGDAILY.COM
By Michelle Miller, Farm Babe http://www.farmbabe.org/ Published: November 01, 2016 Around 90 percent of certain crop farmers have been growing GMOs for a couple of decades now, but what are they and ... Read More
The tiresome discussion of initial GMO expectations
By Andrew Kniss (Independent Expert) on Monday, October 31, 2016 – 09:53 Category: Impact on Environment, Impact on Farms, Science and GMO Basics The following is reposted from weed scientist An... Read More
The Humane Society’s Descent Into Abolitionist Veganism – Weekly Standard
Photo credit: Pacific Press/Sipa USA/Newscom http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-humane-societys-descent-into-abolitionist-veganism/article/2005167 This isn’t what well-meaning farmers were signin... Read More
Farm Babe: What you need to know about growth hormones in meat – AGDAILY.COM
By Michelle Miller, Farm Babe http://www.farmbabe.org/ Published: November 08, 2016 Thanksgiving is almost upon us and it’s time to bite into that big juicy slice of turkey. But have you ever notice... Read More
Hormones in Beef: Myth vs. Fact Back
© Wyatt Bechtel By Amanda Blair– 3/11/2015 SDSU Extension Meat Science Specialist & SDSU Associate Professor Much confusion and concern often surrounds the use of hormones in beef production. ... Read More
Fighting someone else’s ‘good idea’ for our land – Gerald Nobles
Photo by Wyatt Bechtel by Gerald Nobles My family and I closed a chapter in our lives when we sold the last piece of our ranch just outside of Midland, Texas. My grandchildren were the sixth generatio... Read More
Crop subsidies in the Farm Bill are part of what is making us fat – Star Telegram
Combines harvest wheat near Roggen, Colo. Farmers and the poor benefit from subsidies in the Farm Bill, but so do other groups. Ed Andrieski AP BY RAJ PATEL There’s something new to worry about in y... Read More