Public tends to learn to trust farmers after visits to farms
“They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Apparently those words ring true among those who have visited the farm in the last few years through the Breakfast on the Farm events held in Michigan.
Illinois already seeing benefits in selling ag products to Cuba
If President Barack Obama is successful in easing longstanding trade sanctions against Cuba, there could be a benefit for farmers in the United States, especially in the Midwest and South, from selling more food to a country where agriculture is known more for sugar and tobacco.
Even as agriculture groups applauded U.S. Senate approval of tax extenders popular with farms and small businesses, they called on Congress to enact the tax breaks for longer than just 2014.
Transportation key at Ohio Grain Farmers Symposium
“Why care about agricultural transportation? Because our international competitiveness depends on it” – this was the theme of the speech Mike Steenhoek gave at the sixth annual Ohio Grain Farmers Symposium in Columbus earlier this month.
As an insect scientist I have heard quite a number of unproven theories about the six-legged creatures I study. Some such theories originated long ago and are now considered folklore.
