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Posts by Jesse Hirsch

Staff Writer, Modern Farmer

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Who Can Stop These Adorable Pigs?

It’s a war against wild pigs and we’re losing.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 25, 2013
News-Article

17-Year Cicadas: Buzzkill for Blueberry Farmers

You've likely heard the (ahem) buzz: 17-year cicadas will soon magically emerge throughout the Eastern United States, to the delight of most. Cicadas are good with kids and delicio...

by Jesse Hirsch· April 24, 2013
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Love Chickens But Hate Commitment? Try Renting

Everyone loves a summer chicken. But come February, when you're schlepping food and water across the snowy yard, getting your PJs wet, cursing your kids who promised to help, and n...

by Jesse Hirsch· April 23, 2013
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West Fertilizer Company Plant Investigation Begins in Earnest

Fires have finally stopped burning at the massive explosion site of the West Fertilizer Co., according to local officials at a press conference yesterday. Last Wednesday’s blast, which registered on the magnitude of a 2.1-level earthquake, took the lives of at least 14 and injured 200 others.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 22, 2013
News-Article

5 Cool Jobs Held By Goats

From firefighters to professional partiers, goats have all kinds of day jobs.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 19, 2013
News-Article

Hunting Wild Pigs with Drones

As wild pigs tear up up soybeans, rice and other crops in Louisiana, Cy Brown and James Palmer take to the sky with a pig-killing drone.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 18, 2013
News-Article

A Lifeline for Gay Farmers

When soft-spoken rural chaplain Keith Ineson started a gay farmer’s helpline in the Cheshire countryside, he expected the worst.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 15, 2013
News-Article

This Tractor Drives Itself

If everything works out, self-driving tractors will be rolling off the assembly line by September.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 11, 2013
News-Article

Ag-Gag Laws: State of the States

Instead of a unified national piece of legislation, ag-gag laws are splintered across the land. Each one has its own quirks.

by Jesse Hirsch· April 10, 2013
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