Amazon clout and grocery sales
Amazon is buying Whole Foods and wants to transform the way you buy groceries. But Editor Susan Crowell's commentary ponders the impact on farmers.
Are you farming for the future?
The next 35 years will be the most important 35 years there will ever be in agriculture. Editor Susan Crowell wants to know: How are YOU farming for the future?
Tech investors and food for thought
Food is the new technological frontier, and big investors are entering the world of food production, distribution and marketing. Farmers should pay attention, says Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell.
Now there’s meat from a lab, not a cow
Cultured meat is being produced in a laboratory through cell replication, grown in vats much like the equipment used in breweries.
Is a career in agriculture in your future?
Farm and Dairy's 'Your Ag College Guide' offers admissions information, tips and graduates' stories. Editor Susan Crowell asks all in agriculture to take a look at it.
We owe a debt to dogged journalists
Editor Susan Crowell salutes the gutsy reporters who earned the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, particularly Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, for his editorials that criticized agricultural leaders in Iowa.
Community supports Pennsylvania auctioneer Beth Hillmar
An all-day benefit Saturday, April 1, will raise funds to help well-known Pennsylvania auctioneer Beth Hillmar, who spent 61 days in the hospital this winter following complications from surgery.
Turn on your fake news radar
Editor Susan Crowell suggests everyone plays a major role in rejecting fake news.
Farmers, channel your inner Rooster
It's the Chinese Year of the Rooster, and one of the rooster's 'virtues' is management. Farmers should take note, says Editor Susan Crowell: This year has to be the year you focus on your management game.
Five steps to stay focused on your 2017 goals
Stay focused: Create a simple goal and then ask yourself: Why are we doing this? Editor Susan Crowell shares 5 tips for getting things done.
