I think I now realize where people’s perceptions of farm animals come from. Kids toys. Books. Puzzles. More toys. Do you know how many kids toys there are revolving around farm animals! Now that I’m a mom to a busy one-year-old boy, I realize the extent to why kids love farm animals. Because they are […]
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6 reason why my kind of Food Day is healthy & sustainable
Today is Food Day. Not office “food day” or post-birthday leftover food day (which is what I’m really celebrating). But food day that is being celebrated differently than most people in agriculture might think. Food Day was founded by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Their goal is to help inspire Americans to […]
#AgCensus data shows who we are, what we produce
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 […]
New forecast tool helps farmers with pests
Much like receiving your daily weather forecast, farmers have the technology to receive an insect forecast. Farmers do the best they can to be good stewards of their land and manage their resources to rid their crops of pests. Many farmers use a crop scout or another professional to help watch for these nuisances in […]
The new(ish) form of farming
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 […]
Local meat
“Locally produced” is one of the hottest terms in the food business today, according to an article posted recently on CattleNetwork. I’ve discussed “local” before with expanding our definitions of local, food trends and even “big beef”. But I guess I’ve never really defined (on the blog) my own definition of “local”. Local to Me: […]
Puppets of the weather – today on the RamZone blog
Farmers are like puppets manipulated by Mother Nature – the puppeteer of weather changes. While it’s necessary to follow her course to produce the food to feed our world– it’s not always easy. This year’s weather has been especially challenging for farmers – but the hard-working nature of all of the farmers I know proves […]
Why ag on the forefront?
Today I want to link up with a group of Nebraska bloggers and they are each sharing why they started blogging and the reason their blog name is significant to them. There are many reasons I started this blog, but I decided to take a look back at my very first post. I want to […]
#FarmVoices – It’s our turn
Farmers feed this entire planet. And it’s time the world paid attention. This is what motivated young farmers and ranchers to launch a campaign with the purpose of getting farmers to tell their stories, rather than having farmers stories told by special interest groups outside of farming. I’m super impressed by the work of these […]
Best Super Bowl Commercial…So God Made a Farmer
The Super Bowl isn’t even over yet and I can already tell you the best commercial…Dodge Ram’s “So God Made a Farmer.” The commercial shares the poem read by the infamous Paul Harvey…Good Day! What a great tribute to, “the farmer in all of us.”
