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Doing More with Less on Modern Farms

Doing More with Less on Modern Farms

These days, it seems like everyone is being asked to do more with less — fewer hours in the day, smaller budgets and less resources. Farming is no different. Today, producers are being tasked with increasing their yields while reducing their costs. To accomplish this goal, farmers must make every acre of ground more efficient as resources become more scarce. And, we’ve done it.

Garden Pesticides & How Your Garden Grows (It's Not Too Different from Corn!)

Garden Pesticides & How Your Garden Grows (It's Not Too Different from Corn!)

For me, growing plants is both a profession and a hobby. I’m an avid gardener, but my day-to-day job is helping farmers grow healthy crops. My education in plant and soil science can be applied to thousands of acres of corn, wheat and soybeans — and it can just as easily be used to help a few tomato plants thrive in my backyard.

How to Support Family Farming: Fill a Grocery Cart

How to Support Family Farming: Fill a Grocery Cart

Buy local” is a phrase I hear often — even in rural America. As a farmer, my job is to put safe, healthy foods on tables across America. That includes my local community.