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The Week in Farm Crime: Purloined Pork, Kidnapped Chicks, and Father-Son Cattle Rustlers
Modern Farmer's semi-irregular look at agricultural malfeasance from around the world.
Fluffy Cows and Four Other Boutique Farm Breeds
The fluffy cow. It's not the name of a Monty Python skit. It's the latest breed of cattle to go viral on the Internet (see also: the Emo Cow of the late aughts). After someone post...
After the Tornado, Farm Cleanup Can Take Years
When an EF4-strength tornado hit Northern Kentucky last year, a horrific piece of debris landed on Dave and Regena List’s dairy farm: a massive dump truck, and its dead driver.
The sight of animals in advertisements, gleefully licking their lips or holding a bone aloft or generally seeming hungry, is easy to miss.
Farmivore: Ice Cream of the Crop
The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz jumps through crazy regulatory hoops to make their own ice cream base, all in search of the perfect scoop.
The always entertaining goats of Maple Crest Farm show off their best moves for Modern Farmer.
What American Hog Farmers Think of the Smithfield Deal
With a Chinese company poised to buy America’s largets pork producer, we talked to hog farmers across the country to get their reaction.
How Bees Fight Strawberry Mold and Landmines
From fighting strawberry mold to finding landmines, bees are good for way more than honey.
Order Your Chicken Rare: Nearly Lost Breeds Make a Comeback
In 2007, Paul Bradshaw was scouring farming blogs when he noticed something funny: people wanted chickens. But not just any chickens.
