Agricultural Safety Awareness Week-Youth Safety on the Farm Texas farmer Heather Dineen bravely shares how she lost a child to a farming accident. Tracy Schlater of Farm Safety for Just…
Simplifying the Data Ownership Dilemma
New Legal Agreements Empower Farmers to Take Full Ownership and Control of Farm Data Farmobile, the fast-growing technology company specializing in farm data, announces pro-farmer legal agreements that clearly govern…
Commodity Classic Underway
…trade show—farmer-focused and farmer-led. You’re guaranteed to walk away with ideas and energy that will have a profound and profitable impact on your farm. That’s why growers from across the…
AFBF Joins Initiative To Give Farmers Control of Data They Collect
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and a host of other agricultural groups revealed a groundbreaking data repository that supporters say will give farmers ultimate control over the ever-increasing business…
Bus Stop Farmers Markets
Bus stop farmers markets, a new way to get your fresh produce on the go. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Bus Stop Farmers Markets From: Modern Farmer.com…
NFU Joins Field to Market, Continues Support for Sustainable Agriculture
Recognizing the importance of agriculture sustainability for farmers, ranchers and rural communities, the National Farmers Union (NFU) announced today they have joined Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture….
National FFA Week – Inspiration from our Future Farmers
Congratulations to the Future Farmers of America, FFA! This is National FFA Week, a tradition that began in 1947 when the National FFA Board of Directors adopted the week…
Agri View: Marijuana, a Hot Crop
Everett Griner talks about legal marijuana becoming a major crop in today’s Agri View. Marijuana, a Hot Crop From: Modern Farmer Illegal California Marijuana Farms Are Killing Adorable Mammals By…
Commodity Classic Farmer-Focused Topics & Issues Sessions
…farmers become even better at what they do. The quality, relevance and diversity of these Learning Center Sessions is a direct result of the farmer-focused, farmer-driven focus at Commodity Classic,”…
Farm Bureau Donations Benefit Hungry Americans
…food farmers and ranchers produce. In addition to raising food and funds for the initiative, farmers and ranchers tallied nearly 16,000 volunteer hours assisting local hunger groups in 2015. “We’re…
Agri View: GMO Production
…non gmo? By: Jennifer Schmidt, Maryland Farmer and Registered Dietician on Thursday, 12/18/2014 10:40 pm Will Rogers is credited with the quote: “The farmer has to be an optimist or…
Crop Insurance Organic
The new insurance tool for Farmer’s going organic. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Crop Insurance Organic USDA Expands Insurance Options for Farmers Transitioning to Certified Organic Agriculture…
Commodity Classic “Jazzed” to Welcome Agriculture Secretary
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will make his seventh visit to Commodity Classic, the nation’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. Secretary Vilsack will deliver a keynote address…
Presidents Who Farmed
…farming. His family moved around as farmers, eventually settling in Indiana. But it’s his birthplace farm, in Knob Creek Kentucky, preserved as a National Park’s Service historic site and can…