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I usually look forward to World Dairy Expo and World Ag Expo as the two locations for product launches and unique innovation in the dairy industry. Usually at these shows you can count on seeing a few things – practical or not – that are inventive.
On Sep. 2, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make revisions to existing regulations pertaining to the employment of youth on farming and ranching operations.
Five months later, the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade met for a hearing titled “The Future of the Family Farm: The Effect of Proposed DOL Regulations on Small Business Producers.”
The hearing was held to examine these rules so that members may better understand their potential effect on small business farm operations as well as youths working in or training for occupations in agriculture.
As the plastic Easter eggs, the cellophane grass, the Easter baskets and bunnies start to fill the shelves, I see the commercial wheels begin to turn and the world’s thoughts turn to another day of buying and selling – His sacred day. Santa takes precedence on Christmas, and the Easter Bunny takes center stage on Easter.
Unknown to most of the world, Israeli dairy farmers have developed one of the most advanced dairy industries in existence. This small country with a turbulent political history, scarce resources and one of the worst climates in which to milk cows has pioneered impressive innovations in the field.
Dear Editor,
Taxpayers on the hook for $3 billion to push small dairy farms out of business?
The proposed cure is worse than the disease. The disease is farm milk price volatility and ongoing narrow to negative milk-to-feed margins that have crippled many dairy farm businesses. The proposed cure is the Dairy Security Act which was introduced by Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN).
Picture this. You’ve decided to take a quick mental break from your work day by logging on to Facebook. You’re minding your own business, just scrolling through your news feed, when – BAM – it hits you.
Your second cousin from the big city has posted the latest anti-animal agriculture video to hit YouTube, courtesy of an animal rights group.
The following excerpt is from the Texas Farm Bureau’s blog, Texas Agriculture Talks. Author of this post, Gene Hall, is the bureau’s public relations director. Publications Director Mike Barnett also contributes posts. Learn more at: www.texasfarmbureau.org/TxAgTalks
We’ve all heard it. We’re only a few short years from climate change devastating agriculture.
We used to call this global warming until the earth actually cooled a bit over the last decade. Now we call it climate change, but I won’t get into that disagreement. I’ll just concede for now that Mother Earth has warmed a bit over the last few decades.
This year, on March 12, my parents will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. They were married in 1942, just as World War II was rearing its monstrous head. Daddy was 19 and Mom was barely 15.
As an elementary school student, the greatest threat of punishment for bad behavior was the paddle. At that time, corporal punishment was permissible in Florida, the home of much of my childhood. I never actually saw what a paddle looked like, and still to this day doubt whether one even existed.
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