Tag: farming
‘Price-fixing’ settlements need big fix
Archer Daniels Midland last month agreed to pay farmers $45 million to settle. Alan Guebert weighs on this case and the bigger issue with these settlements.
ODA accepting specialty crop grant proposals
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
Farm nuisances and pests must be handled
Julie Geiss explains how coyotes, beavers and other nuisances are handled on her family's farm.
Praying for rain and farming, pandemic style
Rebecca Miller mulls over the dusty rhythm of farming, during a dry July, in the middle of a pandemic.
Still hard at it, farming every single day
Judith Sutherland reminds us that farming continues to be one of the most dangerous occupations and details why farmers deserve respect.
Making the best of tough times
Judith Sutherland discusses how farmers are being impacted by COVID-19 and reminds us we're all in this together.
The world is changing, we must, too
Alan Guebert ponders whether we can have both dollar-driven efficiency and safety-centered resiliency as the overarching goal of American farm policy.
Pa. Governor: agriculture is an essential business
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture put out guidance for how agricultural businesses can stay open while slowing the spread of COVID-19.
Choose vibrancy over the ‘sad farmer’ narrative
It's been a rough decade for the journalism industry. Agriculture, too. Don't let the "sad farmer" stories distract you. Just like in journalism, farming has people who make it work.
Life on a farm freight-train ride
Rebecca Miller finds that the best laid plans are just waiting for a flock of sheep, a steer, a livestock guardian dog named Houdini and a donkey named Sarah to come barreling through and smash them to smithereens.
