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Farming isn’t for the faint of heart, the lazy or the unconcerned. Farming is for the trailblazers, for the pioneers and for the optimists.

I’d never consider trading her off for another – no matter how rich or feisty or attractive. But I still counsel young men to never marry someone who doesn’t already have a driver’s license.

Agricultural students with journalism or communications training are encouraged to apply for Progressive Forage’s 2024 editorial internship program. Applications are due Dec. 31, 2023.

The USDA today announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers.

The boy’s mother was quietly reprimanding him. A fellow had knocked on their door. Said he had run out of gas and was hoping he could buy like 5 gallons from the farm.

A few weeks ago, I sat in the bleachers of our local high school’s first football game of the season.

The USDA is announcing a second round of payments for dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP), providing an additional $5 million to help dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry.

I’m well aware of its inevitability, but such thoughts are ones I usually set on a shelf of that closet in the back recesses of my mind that I only open on occasions of sheer necessity.