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Raising Sheep Right: Modern Farmer’s Sheep Breeding Primer

A guide to picking the best sheep breed for you and the questions you need... (more)

Brian Barth
January 4, 2018
Happy 100th Birthday to the Mass-Produced Tractor!

Henry Ford's Model F tractor turned 100 this year. John Deere tractors are celebrating the... (more)

Brian Barth
December 29, 2017
8 Sheep That Don’t Require Shearing

"Hair sheep" have a coat that's more like other animal's hair, so there's no shearing... (more)

Brian Barth
December 21, 2017
Oh, Ho, the Mistletoe…Is Actually a Parasite

Nine things you should know about our favorite Christmas plant

Brian Barth
December 20, 2017
The Strange, Horrifying History of Cherry Research Farm in North Carolina

A farm in North Carolina is the site of cutting-edge animal agriculture research - and... (more)

Brian Barth
December 11, 2017
The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Visa Process, Explained

And why the infamous "guest” worker program is such fertile ground for fraud and abuse.

Brian Barth
December 8, 2017
How Other Countries Celebrate Thanksgiving

America, it turns out, doesn't have a monopoly on Thanksgiving. From Liberia to Korea, many... (more)

Brian Barth
November 22, 2017
Colicchio Castigates Congressmembers and Fishy Business in Trumplandia: Your Fall Food Policy...

In which the Trumps are introduced to aquaculture, and four other (more important) news items... (more)

Brian Barth
November 13, 2017
The Codfather is Finally In Jail. But Who Is He?

Unless he proves slippery enough to wiggle out of prison, this may be the end... (more)

Brian Barth
November 10, 2017