This week is National FFA Week! The week-long tradition began in 1947 when the National FFA Board of Directors designated the week of George Washington’s birthday as National FFA Week in recognition of his legacy as an agriculturist and farmer. The first National FFA Week was held in 1948. Today, FFA Week always runs Saturday to […]
USDA released their final 2012 #AgCensus results yesterday and included some great infographics on the current status of American agriculture. Some interesting points that I pulled out: The average age of farm operators is 58, yet 22% of all farmers in the U.S. were beginning farmers in 2012. I’m pretty impressed by the number of […]
For Christmas, my parents gave me a tear-off day calendar of “silly holidays”. It features “National Puppy Day”, “Harry Houdini Day”, “Penguin Day” and many more often-bizarre and unique holidays. Today, we’re celebrating National Ag Day. While National Ag Day didn’t make my calendar of unique holidays (although my calendar today said it is Pecan […]
Can you imagine being a farmer in the turn of the 20th century? Source SourceEven though the notion of literally working the dirt with your hands may seem romantic, I certainly am grateful for the technology we have today in raising food. The hours it must have taken just to do a fraction of what […]
It’s almost Super Bowl time. I posted mid-Super Bowl last year about my favorite commercial – you know the one, Ram Trucks’ So God Made a Farmer commercial?! Well, I just received word that Ram Trucks put together an extended version of the wildly popular “Farmer” commercial and was just released as part of their […]
We are 21 days into the new year and already I have a page full of issues in agriculture right now. In no particular order: GMO/Biotechnology Immigration reform Food prices Cost of production COOL Drones & privacy Right to Farm Clean Air Act targeting farmers Farm Bill China RFS Water Meat Demand Farming for the […]
Semi-lately (new in relative terms) one of a farmer and rancher’s chore items is defending agriculture to the public. A recent AP article shows the efforts that farmers and ranchers are making to complete this chore: start up the conversation with their consumer counterparts about “what they do and why they do it.” Many of […]
Well, I suppose it is December. That is the comment I try to tell myself and others when the comment, “I’m not ready for snow!” arises. But when the weather has been so nice, it’s hard to be ready to acclimate to cold, snowy weather. March, April and May seems just not that long ago […]
Today, I’m fortunate enough to be featured again over on the RamZone blog talking about the next generation in agriculture. I dedicated this post to my favorite rancher… my dad. Who also happens to be an avid baseball fan. Farmers and ranchers like my dad love what they do because if fulfills the drive they […]
I’ve been away from the Ag on the Forefront blog for awhile because my husband and I welcomed our son, Chisum Marshall, into our family on September 9! We’re pretty excited for this new miracle in our lives. I will be sharing numerous Chisum stories on my family blog, but while I was cuddling with […]
