farming

USFRA: Consumer interest in ‘clean’ diet, local food increasing

· May 11, 2018

While significantly more U.S. consumers trust farmers and ranchers, they are still reading labels, searching for local food, and trying to maintain a “clean” diet.  The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Board of Directors recently gathered in St. Louis where they presented the 2017 Consumer Perception research insights. According to the USFRA’s 2017 Consumer Perception […]

Farmers share ups, downs of organic farming at Farm Bureau

· January 10, 2018

Organic farming was up for discussion this week at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2018 Annual Convention & IDEAg Trade Show where a panel of Farm Bureau members shared their challenges and rewards in choosing to farm organic. Panelist Tom Schwarz, an organic farmer from Bertrand, Nebraska, who currently serves on AFBF’s Organic and Direct Marketing […]

Montana professors seek to empower women in ag

· January 10, 2018

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Statistics and United States Department of Agriculture show while women constitute less than 1 percent of the nation’s agricultural scientists, engineers, and policymakers, they occupy the majority, about 60 percent, of lower-paid agricultural jobs on America’s farms and ranches. Six female professors at Montana State University and Flathead Valley […]

Iowa teenager dies in end loader roll over

· December 19, 2017

Our deepest condolences go out to this Iowa family after hearing this tragic news from over the weekend. On Saturday, the Sac County Sheriff’s Office and Wall Lake Fire/Rescue responded to the 2100 mile of 340th Northwest of Wall Lake at 12:44 p.m. of a reported end loader roll over. When responders arrived they found […]

Iowa 4-year-old dies after grain wagon accident

· November 27, 2017

Our hearts ache with this news from western Iowa over the weekend. Four-year-old Jason Segebart was killed Sunday afternoon when he was run over by a grain wagon on his grandparents’ farm near Schleswig, Iowa. According to WOMT, his father was backing up the wagon and didn’t know the child was standing behind it. Family members […]

Texas trauma team saves farmer trapped in grain auger

· October 20, 2017

A quick call by first responders to include a Texas Tech Trauma team in the rescue may have saved a farmer’s life Tuesday. Fifty-nine year-old Leo Martinez was running a 20-foot tall grain auger cart near Plainview, Texas when he was sucked down and wedged in the auger, severely crushing and cutting his legs. First […]

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