by grassdmin8 | Feb 25, 2013 | News & Articles
By Jim Langcuster, Alabama, Cooperative Extension System February 25, 2013 For centuries, farmers have operated largely at the mercy of nature’s fickle temperament, whether this was expressed as a late freeze, a prolonged drought or a scorching temperature spike....
by grassdmin8 | Feb 19, 2013 | News & Articles
farmgateblog.com February 19, 2013 All of the newspaper and television headlines will scream that net farm income for 2013 will be up 14% compared to last year. And many of those readers and viewers will remember prior headlines that indicated farmers were raking in...
by grassdmin8 | Feb 8, 2013 | News & Articles
BrownField AgNews, February 8th, 2013 Farmers and ranchers receive only 15.8 cents of every dollar spent on food. The National Farmers Union cites a USDA report indicating that marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing account for more than 80...
by grassdmin8 | Feb 8, 2013 | News & Articles
from AgWeb, February 8, 2013 Gary and Sue Price, 77 Ranch, Blooming Grove, Texas, are the national winner of the NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award Program. The award, presented during the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association...
by grassdmin8 | Feb 8, 2013 | News & Articles
by Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, February 8, 2013 Last year, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a set of voluntary “guidelines” designed to nudge the meat industry to curb its antibiotics habit. Ever since, the agency has been mulling whether and how...
