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A federal judge yesterday blocked key parts of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law.
The square table is set with spotless silverware and white cloth napkins. Ginger gusts rise from the oven and sweep through the one-room restaurant promising culinary delights. The room echoes with murmurs of gastronomical mirth. No, this isn’t a five-star restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. This is the Traveler’s Table, deep in the Ozarks, near Davisville, Mo.
The storage units of Produce Row, just north of downtown St. Louis, are a labyrinth of shifting temperatures and changing scents. The room with tomatoes is a comfortable 55 degrees, while the room with lettuce and carrots is a frigid 34.
Old North St. Louis looks a lot like the other areas in St. Louis City. Battered red brick buildings line the streets that stretch as far as the eye can see, and faded signs cling to old churches and corner stores. For this reason, the building at the corner of 13th Street and St. Louis Avenue seems unremarkable, but the brightly colored banner hung across the top signals something new.
From afar, it looks like a caravan. Dozens of white tents shelter last night’s pickings of green beans, apples and squash from the whipping wind of mid-October. Children chase each other in an adjacent field. Fiddle music fills the air. Old friends meet in the walkway, chatting about the day’s finds. All in the name of local food.
Matching irrigation and fertilizer to the ecosystem creates sustainable profits.
This concept tractor has evolved and will be put to work in Summer 2012 on an Italian farm.
Meet Gibb Steele, of Hollandale, Miss., one of the winners of Upstream Heroes.
To support our population jump from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, a 70% increase in food production is required.
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Rural infrastructure costs farmers time, fuel and safety.
You have until the end of the month to voice your opinion on children hired to work on farms.
What are you doing to lead your business with vision and integrity? I challenge you to ponder how you might lead in a new way.
Make those involved in your farming operation engaged and connected.
Hunger is complicated, but that isn’t stopping farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett from devoting his namesake foundation to putting an end to the problem.
Missouri farmers use the Canton Ferry to transport grain across the Mississippi River to an elevator in Meyer, Ill.
Competitive salary and benefits are just the start to building your farm team
The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday it will reconsider a key permit for a large dairyfarm proposed in Adams County after the agency received an analysis by a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point hydrogeologist who concluded the farm is likely to reduce local water supplies. The DNR had made a preliminary determination that groundwater pumping by the 4, 200-cow Richfield Dairy would not harm local conditions.
Update: Commenting period extended to Dec. 1. Proposed revisions will make it difficult for youth to learn the ropes of farming.
New research advances cattlemen’s commitment to sustainably raising beef.
Facing our challenges to guarantee our competitive edge
M&M Feedlot near Parma, Idaho, takes manure from dairy replacement heifer corrals and composts it on-site to benefit area farmers, consumers and the environment.
Ken Ferrie answers a farmer’s question about nitrogen running off in his farm tile.
A few tweaks can improve the efficiency of your farm shop, grain bin system and machinery.
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta’s sorghum hybrids have increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains.