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Cyber Porch—Farmer Selfies, Biofuel Research, and Animals Tweeting
Category: Blog/News
January, 2014
Some folks used to sit on the front porch, sharing news and stories. Now most […]
Cyber Porch—Antibiotics, Trans Fats, and 2013 Top Ag Stories
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Some folks used to sit on the front porch, sharing news and stories. Now most […]
Cyber Porch—Cattle Feed Controversy, Blood Donor Horse, and Piranha-nado
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Some folks used to sit on the front porch, sharing news and stories. Now most […]
Cyber Porch—Food, Energy, and Bacon Peanut Brittle
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Some folks used to sit on the front porch, sharing news and stories. Now most […]
The Spy Who Came in from the Corn
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Update June 2017: Ag Espionage Agriculture is a high-tech business, and some take short […]
Cows, Chores, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Update: August 2014: When it comes to cows, chores, and music, everyone seems to want […]
Does Fast Food Make Us Dumb, Broke, and Depressed?
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
Update, March 2015: Fast Food for Slow People Fast Food apparently makes us slow–culturally. According […]
Methuselah and the Good Earth—Aging Farmers
Category: Blog/News
December, 2013
As this article (Experts Clash on Aging Farmers) explains, many agriculture economists warn that farmers […]
Food Dialogues–the Good, Bad, and Ugly
Category: Blog/News
November, 2013
I attended the November 19 Food Dialogues session in Ames, Iowa–a few thoughts: The Good: […]
The Lost Art of Cultivating: Weeds, Horse Flatulence, and Mick Jagger
Category: Blog/News
November, 2013
Dad started farming before Harry Truman placed that little “the buck stops here” sign on […]
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