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September 15/16/17 - Cheryl Tevis is the Farm Issues Editor at Successful Farming magazine.
September 13/14 - Brian Grossman farms with his father near Linton, ND. They raise wheat, sunflowers, and Angus beef cattle.
September 8/9/10 - Aaron Hager is an Extension weed specialist at the University of Illinois.
September 7 - The Illinois Farm Business Management Association offers a variety of farm management reports for sale or for free online.
September 6 - The National Cooperative Grocers Association and other organic foods proponents are advocating the inclusion of organic food choices in the federally-sponsored nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Learn more here.
September 2/3 - Read Dan Looker's column about ways to advocate for agriculture in the latest issue of Successful Farming.
September 1 - Read more from Successful Farming about Roger and Monie Thompson's efforts to help young farmers get started.
August 31 - West Union, IL, farmer Mike Bumpus writes two blogs, one is personal and the other is more farm-related.
August 30 - Anaplasmosis is a parasitic disease in cattle. When a herd is infected, losses are significant. Alpharma Animal Health offers a free booklet about the disease. Just call 800/834-6470, or email uscattle-marketing@alpharma.com.
August 27 - Soil erosion is just one of the topics covered in the 2007 National Resources Inventory.
August 26 - "Foundation for the Future" is a package of programs developed by the National Milk Producers Federation to address desired changes in federal dairy policy.
August 25 - Kevin Penner is a broker/analyst with Commodity Services, Inc., in Des Moines.
August 24 - September 1 is the application deadline for the annual Farm Family Safety Incentive Grant program, sponsored by Successful Farming and Farm Safety 4 Just Kids. Visit this page on the FS4JK web site for details.
August 16/17/18/19/20/23 - Mike Duffy is a professor of economics with Iowa State University and also director of the Beginning Farmer Center at ISU. In addition to annual land value surveys, Duffy conducts a survey of farmland ownership and tenure in Iowa every five years.
August 13 - Columbia is pressing for the United States to ratify a free trade agreement between the two countries. That agreement has been waiting for U.S. Congressional approval since 2006. Most agricultural industry groups favor the plan, while most labor groups oppose it.
August 12 - The U.S. Grains Council recently marked its 50th anniversary. It's a private, nonprofit corporation that develops export markets for corn, barley, grain sorghum, and related products.
August 11 - Andy Hendrickson works with his father and younger brother on a dairy farm near Cambria, WI.
August 10 - The American Farmland Trust bills itself as the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to saving America's farm and ranch land, promoting environmentally sound farming practices and supporting a sustainable future for farms.
August 9 - Take a look at the new agriculture.com.
August 6 - Kelley Donham is with the Iowa Center for Agricultural Safety and Health.
August 5 - The Farmer-Veteran Coalition is based in California but serves veterans around the country.
August 4 - A story about Randy Stanfield will appear in the August issue of Successful Farming and online at agriculture.com.
August 2/3 - Patrick Mader is a Minnesota schoolteacher who writes children's books with farm themes and travels to libraries during the summer to teach kids about agriculture.
July 30 - There are lots of archived references on the web about 4-H's role in helping the country during World War II. Some examples: county agent reports from North Carolina, Air Group 4, Iowa 4-H Centennial Photo Gallery: 1940s.
July 29 - Read more about Eric Towle and his multiple agribusiness ventures in Successful Farming.
July 26/27/28 - Dr. Jennifer Burney is with the Program on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University. She's co-author of a study showing that high-yield agriculture has actually benefitted the environment.
July 23 - Serah and Daniel Klemm are from Detroit Lakes, MN, and are trying to develop a business to make and sell gluten-free baked goods.
July 22 - Begin Farming Ohio is a web resource for beginning farmers in Ohio. However, other states interested in setting up a similar project may contact Sharon Sachs.
July 21 - You can access the full report on the project, "Building Capacity to Engage Latinos in Local Food Systems in the Heartland," at the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) web site.
July 20 - Read the full column by Successful Farming Farm Issues Editor Cheryl Tevis about her farm dog experience.
July 19 - Steve Boender and his sons operate a diversified agribusiness near Oskaloosa, IA. It includes custom farming, trucking, seed sales, chemical and fertilizer application, field tiling, and more.
July 15/16 - The Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform is an alliance of groups advocating for contract farmers and ranchers. The public comment period for the proposed rules affecting contract poultry growers is August 23.
July 14 - Read more about concerns that small meat processors will have a hard time complying with USDA's validation procedures for the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) program.
July 13 - To find a farmers market near you, check with your state agriculture department, or you can try farmersmarket.com.
July 12 - The United Farm Workers has set up a web site for the new "Take Our Jobs" program, offering U.S. citizens and legal residents an opportunity to apply for jobs that previously went to undocumented immigrant farm workers.
July 9 - Bell Aquaculture has its headquarters and processing facility in Redkey, IN, with indoor production at Albany, IN. The company produces 1.5 million yellow perch annually.
July 8 - Visit a U.S. Soybean Export Council web site devoted to the use of soybean products by aquaculture.
July 7 - Farm Rescue is based in Jamestown, ND, and organizes planting and harvest "rescues" for farm families hit by illness, injury, or natural disaster in the Dakotas, Eastern Montana, and Western Minnesota.
July 6 - This show was based on an article by SF Farm Issues Editor Cheryl Tevis on grain bin safety.
July 5 - Here's a useful article about the cost of sprayer overlap.
July 1/2 - The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University has a Q&A summary on its web site concerning the life cycle assessment of beef production systems.
June 30 - Read the full column on personal branding by Successful Farming's Editor-in-Chief, Loren Kruse.
June 29 - You can read the full news release from the Nebraska Corn Board about the ethanol plant efficiency study done by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
June 28 - The American Bankers Association web site has more on the role rural banks play in the farm lending business.
June 25 - Women Changing the Face of Agriculture is a conference hosted by the Illinois Agri-Women.
June 23/24 - Don Jonovic is an author, family business advisor, a speaker, and a columnist for Successful Farming magazine. You can order any of the materials he's written from his web site.
June 21/22 - Successful Farming Crops and Soils Editor Rich Fee wrote a column in the May/June issue about nitrogen deficiencies in corn, and a separate article about how to fix the problem.
June 18 - Here's more from Mike Moechnig of South Dakota State University about the impact on soybeans from volunteer corn.
June 16/17 - "Nourishing the Planet: Evaluating Environmentally Sustainable Solutions to Reduce Global Hunger and Rural Poverty" is the full name of a project of the Worldwatch Institute. Project co-director Danielle Nierenberg is now traveling Africa as part of the project.
June 15 - For more information on combining cover crop seeding with a liquid manure application, there are video clips and other resources here.
June 14 - To learn about the status of black cutworm infestations around the Midwest, click on the state that interests you: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Purdue University hosts a collection of crop production updates from several states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.