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Colorado Congressman Puts Balls on the Line for Super Bowl
Offers from the other representatives are about what you would expect. In the event of a Broncos win, the Washington representatives will offer apples, wine and salmon. If the Seah...
Cock-A-Doodle-Don’t: New Farm Bill Bans Cockfight Attendance
Chris Cates, who raises livestock in Rising Fawn, Ga., is appalled by the farm bill, which finally passed the House on Wednesday and is expected to sail through the Senate. In a petition he posted earlier at Change.org, Cates complained that the “enormous amount of amendments and taxpayer funded special interests and corporate handouts that have been attached to the Farm Bill are quite disgusting to say the least.”
Milking a Goat for All the Paint It’s Worth
While the product from Harley Farms Goat Dairy might sound strange those who grew up buying paint from the hardware store, it would make much more sense to anyone living before the...
5 Winners and 5 Losers of the Just-Passed Farm Bill
If there is one word to describe the nearly 1000-page bill worth nearly a trillion dollars, it’s compromise. No one is entirely happy with the results, but just about everybody is happy to have results.
Tractor Square Dancing Is Real and It’s Spectacular
Think nothing is as emblematic of this country as apple pie? Or maybe baseball is the ne plus ultra of the American dream? You’ve clearly never seen a tractor square dance.
Could This Baby Bison Spark a Modern-Day Range War?
As small and innocent as he may seem, the light brown baby bull is living evidence of a movement to rid the American bison of both disease and genetic cattle traits. The hope among...
Ethanol, which has sent corn prices soaring in recent years, has been a boon to corn farmers. But for others who rely on corn for feed, it’s a very different story.
Quail: Are Big Things Ahead for a Tiny Bird in the U.S.?
The teeny, tiny quail never found it’s way into the U.S. dinnertime oeuvre. But all that might change.
Startup Brings Fresh Food to Chicago, One Vending Machine at a Time
Farmer’s Fridge vending machines dispense fresh salads and snacks, not junk food, to hungry Chicagoans at the push of a button.
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