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February 17 - Colorado is one of 25 states that participate in the national AgrAbility program that helps farmers keep from being sidelined by illness or injury.
February 16 - Wikipedia has an extensive article about genetically modified organisms.
February 13/14/15 - Mark Caygeon Junkin operates Agriculture Strategy in Mitchell, Ontario, Canada, advising farm families on planning and transition issues.
February 6/7/8/9/10 - Read the story in Successful Farming about Maurice and Pam Johnson's family farm.
February 3 - Doug Hurt chairs the Department of History at Purdue University. A number of his books on agricultural history are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or through your local bookstore.
February 2 - Learn all about drainage tile.
February 1 - You can look at dozens of examples of farm web sites created by Eckert Agrimarketing in St. Louis.
January 31 - Here's an in-depth analysis of the use of precision agriculture equipment for manure management.
January 30 - Agraria is a farmer-owned company that operates restaurants in the Washington, DC, area.
January 25/26/27 - Chad Hart is a grain marketing specialist with Iowa State University.
January 24 - Alltech is a global animal health and nutrition company located in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
January 23 - Read more about the 2011 Pork Powerhouses in a story by Betsy Freese for Successful Farming.
January 20 - Doug Hurt chairs the Department of History at Purdue University. A number of his books on agricultural history are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or through your local bookstore.
January 17/18/19 - Read more about tractor tire care and maintenance.
January 16 - University of Illinois ag economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good say grain prices are in a plateau.
January 13 - Get more information here about efforts to collect and distribute hay to Texas cattle ranchers.
January 12 - Mary Ann and Kevin Kniebel operate Kniebel Farms and Cattle Company near White City, KS.
January 11 - Bob Cleaves is president and CEO of the Biomass Power Association.
January 9/10 - Successful Farming Crops Technology Editor Gil Gullickson talks about soybean rust.
January 3/4/5/6 - Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit based in Bridgeport, CT, is "working to change the landscape of how all people and institutions can purchase healthful, locally-grown agricultural products." One way is by doubling the value of farmers market purchases by persons enrolled in the USDA's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (food stamps). Former Undersecretary of Agriculture Gus Schumacher is Executive Vice President of Wholesome Wave.
January 2 - The ranking period cutoff date is January 13 for 2012 funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program, but the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service says program signups are conducted year-round for all of its conservation programs.
December 29/30 - Al Kluis is a commodity trader and marketing advisor who runs Kluis Commodities in Wayzata, MN. You can find out more about the marketing calendar he offers and the Al Kluis Farmers Almanac.
December 27/28 - Dave Gustafson is an environmental scientist with Monsanto. Read more about the company's Sustainable Yield Initiative.
December 26 - In an effort to encourage expansion of broadband service to rural communities, the Federal Communications Commission voted in late October to dedicate $4.5 billion dollars annually from the Universal Service Fund to be used for this expansion. (The USF is made up of fees from telephone users and companies set aside to--among other things--help pay for telephone service to rural communities.) The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is taking issue with the FCC's move and has filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. In a nutshell, it's complicated.
December 23 - Successful Farming has an extensive story about the use of smartphones in production agriculture.
December 22 - Find out more about conservation programs for agriculture from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
December 20/21 - Don Jonovic is an author, speaker, family business advisor, and columnist for Successful Farming.
December 19 - Don Keeney, a meteorologist with MDA EarthSat Weather, says the winter forecast for much of middle America is for colder than normal temperatures and higher than normal precipitation.
December 15/16 - The American Sheep Industry Association is trying various ways to increase lamb production in the United States, since U.S. producers are not able to keep up with the domestic demand for lamb.
December 13/14 - Marjorie McCullagh of the University of Michigan School of Nursing is paying farmers to participate in a study of approaches to get farmers to protect against hearing loss. The study is supported by the American Farm Bureau Federation, but McCullagh says Farm Bureau membership is not required to participate. You can find out more at hearonthefarm.org. Just click on either of the links at the bottom of the home page (About the Study or Contact Us). Only 700 farmers will be selected.
December 12 - Learn more about Headline and Xemium fungicides from BASF.
December 9 - Field peas are a great feeding option for livestock.
December 8 - Stevia, an alternative sweetener made from a plant called stevia rebaudiana, has the potential to become a cash crop for American farmers.
December 6/7 - Read more about the benefits of biodiesel made from canola.
December 5 - SF Machinery Director Dave Mowitz writes more about residue management on agriculture.com.
December 1/2 - Sid Love is with Kropf and Love Consulting in Overland Park, KS. He's been in the grain trading business since the 1960s.
November 28/29/30 - Documentation of studies supporting atrazine use is available here, and you can watch a video clip of the study participants giving summaries of their work.
November 23/24/25 - Rick Berman's Washington, DC-based company does research, consulting, and public relations work. He's an outspoken advocate for animal agriculture. The video clip of his appearance on the CBS television program "60 Minutes" is pretty interesting.
November 21/22 - Read more on the benefits of cover crops.
November 18 - The World Food Prize is given out each October at a gathering in Des Moines, IA.
November 17 - Wisconsin has a program to encourage medical students to set up practices in rural communities.
November 16 - Honda has been using corn stalks and cobs to further the company's research in producing cellulosic ethanol.
November 15 - Three Farmers Camelina Oil is a mid- to high-end culinary oil produced in Saskatchewan, Canada.
November 14 - Mark Hanna is an extension agricultural engineer with Iowa State University. Read more from ISU on preventing corn losses at harvest.
November 7/8/9/10/11 - Confined spaces like grain bins, silos, manure pits, and others create hazards to working on the farm.
November 3/4 - There's a debate going on over glyphosate. On one side, a number of ag experts are worried that glyphosate is not good for soil microorganisms and it also encourages disease problems. On the other side, experts say evidence does not back up these claims and that any impact that glyphosate has in these areas is not significant.
November 2 - Bobby Grisso is an extension engineer at Virginia Tech. Successful Farming had a special section on soil management in the September issue of the magazine.
November 1 - Stephen Kennedy is a resource conservationist in the Auburn, NE, field office of the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
October 31 - Syngenta Seeds has a number of corn hybrids that are tolerant to Goss's wilt, a disease that spread through much of the corn belt this past growing season.
October 26/27/28 - Jean Hediger farms with her husband, Randy, and their son, Bryce, near Nunn, Colorado. They grow organic wheat and millet. Jean operates the marketing arm of the operation, Golden Prairie, Inc., to sell their crops and crops grown by organic farmers in three other states.
October 25 - Kelli Fulkerson of Michigan (and a student at South Dakota State University) is a member of the 2011 National Beef Ambassador Team.
October 24 - Myron Friesen owns Farm Financial Strategies in Osage, IA, and offers consulting on farm succession planning and estate planning.
October 19/20/21 - Reg Chaput and his brother, Mike, operate Chaput Family Farms at North Troy, VT.
October 18 - Read more about Key Co-op's AgroMetrix web-based decision-making tool.
October 17 - The 20th annual AgrAbility National Training Workshop is planned for November 7-10, 2011, in Indianapolis.
October 14 - Read more of the story by SF Farm Issues Editor Cheryl Tevis with Alice Lauritzen about eating healthy on the farm.
October 13 - The United Soybean Board's YouTube channel has a video with soybean farmer David Hartke talking about rising food prices.
October 10/11/12 - The Center for Food Integrity, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, surveys consumers annually about issues concerning food and agriculture.
October 5/6/7 - Al Kluis is a commodities trader and marketing advisor in Wayzata, MN. Read his article on The Three M's of Marketing here.
October 4 - The new Astro-Turf on the Kansas State University football field has a backing that's made from soybean-based polyurethane.
October 3 - Membership in the National FFA Organization hit a record high 540,379 students during the 2010-2011 school year.
September 30 - Glenn Wilson, a hydrologist with the USDA/ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, MS, has researched the impact of stream bank failure or collapse on the sediment levels in rivers and streams.
September 29 - Bob Vosburgh is health and wellness editor for Supermarket News, a trade publication serving the supermarket and food industries. Read more of what he has to say about the safety of food sold at roadside stands and similar venues.
September 26/27/28 - J.B. Milliken is president of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, home of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute.
September 21/22/23 - John Ginzel is with the Linn Group in Chicago.
September 20 - Read more about the memorandum of understanding between the Council on Foundations and the USDA.
September 19 - Optimum AcreMax and Optimum AcreMax Xtra are refuge-in-a-bag corn products from Pioneer Hi-Bred International.
September 16 - Doug Hurt chairs the Department of History at Purdue University. A number of his books on agricultural history are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or through your local bookstore.
September 15 - Daniel Seddiqui had trouble finding a job after he finished college so he decided to try working 50 different jobs in 50 weeks in all 50 states. Some of those were ag-related. He's written a book about the experience and is working on a business model to provide internship-like experiences to high school grads in the summer before their first year of college.
September 14 - The University of Nebraska and Iowa State University are cooperating to offer Nebraska veterinary students tuition benefits and the opportunity to study in Nebraska the first two years of their college program.
September 13 - Steve Martens owns 1600 acres of land near Indianola, MS. About half is farm land and the rest he has devoted much time and many resources to conservation efforts. As a result, he's created some habitat that is well-suited for pollenators.
September 12 - Learn more about Roundup Ready alfalfa from WinField Solutions.
September 5/6/7/8/9 - SF Business Editor Dan Looker wrote a column on ethanol and a story about E-15 for the August issue of Successful Farming. He posted an update after being interviewed for the SF Radio Magazine.
September 1/2 - The Southern Peanut Growers represents peanut farmers in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi.
August 31 - Circle C Seeds of Gary, MN, is looking for growers for some of the specialty crops the company exports, including non-GMO soybeans and organic soybeans.
August 30 - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has given its website a complete overhaul.
August 29 - Kevin Penner is a risk management consultant with Toay Commodity Futures Group in Clive, IA, who says cattle prices are likely to remain strong for the near term.
August 24/25/26 - The Soy Transportation Coalition is just one ag organization that's speaking up about some rule proposals by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
August 23 - Texas is one of the hardest-hit states for drought at the moment. See where drought is impacting much of the United States.
August 22 - Here's a story about crop insurance on flood-damaged fields in Iowa.
August 15/16/17/18/19 - Dr. Jon Hagler is director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
August 12 - Pennycress is normally considered a weed but researchers have found that oil from the seeds is well-suited for biodiesel production. A company led by Stanford, IL, farmer Brad Glenn is hoping to recruit farmers in Illinois on a limited scale to begin growing pennycress as a crop.
August 11 - The Center for Rural Affairs is pressing for a cap or limit on farm program payments to large farms.
August 10 - The National Dairy FARM Program is a joint effort of the National Milk Producers Federation and Dairy Management, Inc. It is a voluntary program of standards for animal care and product quality.
August 8/9 - Journalist Charles C. Mann's latest book, 1493, is being released August 9. It covers a number of agricultural and land use topics about the Americas after Columbus arrived. His previous book, 1491, involved the pre-Columbian period. Both are available wherever books are sold.
August 5 - Brady Smith of Emerson, IA, worked several years in ag-related off-farm jobs before he started farming full time earlier this year.
August 4 - Harvest a Cure is a nonprofit started by GVL Poly CEO Allan Cronen and his wife to channel funds into the fight against breast cancer. Profits from the sale of certain products from GVL Poly are donated to the cause.
August 3 - Learn about farm land leasing at the Sustainable Farm Lease web site created by the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.
August 2 - The University of Kentucky ROPS Guide is a web resource where you can find the proper rollover protective structure for your tractor.
August 1 - Watch a video clip of Iowa extension farm management specialist Steve Johnson talking about hail insurance.
July 26/27/28/29 - Successful Farming Chicago Markets Bureau Chief Mike McGinnis visited Brazil earlier this year. You can read more about his observations from that trip here.
July 25 - Each year, the Indiana State Fair spotlights one commodity grown in the state and this year it's the soybean. The fair runs August 5-21 in Indianapolis.
July 18/19/20/21/22 - Laurie Johns, Public Relations Manager for the Iowa Farm Bureau, strongly encourages farmers and ranchers to actively engage consumers in discussions about food and agriculture.