Farms, Nature, and Mankind Hello there everybody, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. Here in my monthly commentaries I obviously talk about issues that relate to, and affect agriculture. And I come at them from an ag point of view… hence the name of the column, “Farmview”. However, farmers aren’t alone in their battle…
Stray Cats, Dogs and Animal Rights Activists Welcome to another edition of Farmview. Much of the present day animal rights movement is not exactly what it appears to be. Today’s activists have taken what was once a sensible and noble goal of preventing cruelty to animals and turned it into a movement that puts animals…
The Knights of America’s Highways Hello, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. In this issue I’m going to talk about a group of people, whom without these good folks, farmers and ranchers could simply not survive! Thereby, we ourselves could not survive! And those people are … the knights of America’s highways…truck drivers! These…
The Precautionary Principle Hello, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. Have you ever heard of the “Precautionary Principle”? Well, it’s become a weapon if you will, used by many activist groups against the agricultural industry, and others as well. In some instances, the“Precautionary Principle” has been used in an attempt to drive innovative and…
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Christmas Tree Farms Hello there everybody and welcome to another edition of Farmview. It’s December, so I thought I’d talk a little bit about Christmas tree farms. When you think of a Christmas tree farm you probably don’t think of it as a traditional agricultural enterprise…. but it IS. Christmas tree farmers face many of…
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Biodiversity Is something new growing in the fields, orchards and vineyards of many American farms? Well, yes and no. What’s going is biodiversity. But it’s not necessarily new. Farmers were the original environmentalists. However, biodiversity is taking deeper root on many farms, ranches and dairies. An increasing number of farmers are integrating wildlife habitats into…
Be A Rebel Here we go again! It seems like every time I turn on the news, whether it be on radio or television, someone’s talking about America’s “obesity epidemic”. Some holier than thou health nuts are not only blaming restaurants for how and what they serve, but now they’re also blaming farmers for growing…