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Hay, Feed, Fencing Supplies Needed to Support Panhandle Wildfire Victims
Hay, Feed, Fencing Supplies Needed to Support Panhandle Wildfire Victims

Donations of hay, feed, fence supplies, cow feed and milk replacer are needed to support livestock owners impacted by the wildfires that have scorched ranchland across a large portion of the Texas Panhandle.

Christmas Miracle: She Found Her Fiancé Clinging to Life After A Major Anhydrous Leak, Here's How She Helped Save Him
Christmas Miracle: She Found Her Fiancé Clinging to Life After A Major Anhydrous Leak, Here's How She Helped Save Him

On Nov. 19, 2023, Iowa farmer Joe Rempe suffered severe injuries from an anhydrous leak while in the field. His fiance, Kendra Vander Leest, not only helped save Joe, but she's been caring for him since.

An Ode to the Grain Cart Driver
An Ode to the Grain Cart Driver

God bless grain cart drivers. They are great mind readers, understanding all those hand signals that are hard to interpret and hard to see, and the person who generally takes all the blame.

 How a Dramatic Grain Bin Rescue in Rural Minnesota Sparked An Idea For R3, a First of Its Kind Rescue Tool
How a Dramatic Grain Bin Rescue in Rural Minnesota Sparked An Idea For R3, a First of Its Kind Rescue Tool

On October 8th, 2019, local farmer Jerry Schwarzrock was entrapped in his grain bin. His sons found him, and immediately called 911. That one call then sparked a new calling for the local fire department.

Angels In Blue Offer Helping Hands To Farmers In Crisis
Angels In Blue Offer Helping Hands To Farmers In Crisis

Farm Rescue's mission is to help farmers and ranchers who have had a major illness, injury or natural disaster by providing equipment and volunteer labor – free of charge – to perform time-sensitive services.

Indiana Dairy Farmers Excited to Be Part of the Indy 500 Winner Circle
Indiana Dairy Farmers Excited to Be Part of the Indy 500 Winner Circle

A winning tradition unfolds in the midsection of the country each Memorial Day weekend for the biggest motorsports event in the world. The Indy 500 is a tradition that Indiana dairy farmers get to help orchestrate.

Global Farmer Network
Recognizing the Power of Peace Through Agriculture

Ukraine has an incredible partner in Heidi Kuhn, an anti-landmine activist who understands the vast dimensions of a global menace, and 2023 recipient of the World Food Prize.

How Important is U.S. Ag and Food to the Economy?
How Important is U.S. Ag and Food to the Economy?

In celebration of National Ag Day and National Ag Week, the 2023 Feeding the Economy report shows just how vital the industry is to U.S. families, communities and the world.

Bomb Cyclone: Not Helpful in Ending California's Drought
Bomb Cyclone: Not Helpful in Ending California's Drought

The bomb cyclone has sucker punched California. While farmers have prayed for rain to end the drought plaguing the state, a leading expert says that the bomb cyclone will not end California’s persistent drought.

Major Flooding: Bomb Cyclone Storm Causing Havoc to California Dairy Farmers
Major Flooding: Bomb Cyclone Storm Causing Havoc to California Dairy Farmers

While normally any moisture to the Golden State would be welcomed, the massive “Bomb Cyclone” storm hitting California is far from normal. High winds, heavy rain and power outages have impacted California farmers.

One Year Later: New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Rebuilds After Being Leveled by Hurricane Ida
One Year Later: New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Rebuilds After Being Leveled by Hurricane Ida

One year ago, a tornado completely devasted Wellacrest Farms, New Jersey's largest dairy farm. Community support outpoured from a group of Amish to a GoFundMe account that helped with the rebuild.

Adopt An Attitude Of Gratitude
Adopt An Attitude Of Gratitude

Gratitude is like a muscle, the more you exercise it the stronger it becomes.

Iowa’s damaged on-farm grain bins might take through 2022 to rebuild.
Derecho’s Long Hangover for Storage

Iowa’s damaged on-farm grain bins might take through 2022 to rebuild.

Food Activist Champions Farmers, Makes 6 Predictions
Food Activist Champions Farmers, Makes 6 Predictions

Danielle Nierenberg is the 2020 Julia Child Award recipient. She talked with AgriTalk Host Chip Flory on Monday about the award and food-related issues.

Recent research shares perspectives from more than 900 farmer-respondents across 43 states on what farmers know about water-related issues, their concern around water resources, and conservation actions they take to protect the water resources that their operations rely on.
Embed Resilience into your Farm Operation

Recent research shares perspectives from more than 900 farmer-respondents across 43 states on their views of water-related issues.

The list of stressors in farming is broad and deep. How can you stay positive in the face of so many challenges? David Kohl shares some time-tested advice.
David Kohl Shares 5 Wise Steps for Wellbeing

The list of stressors in farming is broad and deep. How can you stay positive in the face of so many challenges? David Kohl shares some time-tested advice.

Combining for Curtis Harvests Love and Generosity from Ag Community
Combining for Curtis Harvests Love and Generosity from Ag Community

"Combining for Curtis" captured the hearts of viewers and readers in October, but it's what has happened since that's proven the fabric of rural America come from neighbors helping neighbors.

2018 Harvest
Farmer Overcoming Horrific Harvest Accident with Positivity and Faith

An Indiana woman gets a second chance to spend time with friends and family after losing both her arm and a leg in a horrific harvest accident.