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Why Rising Beef Prices Are No Bull for the Leather Industry

Between drought and a decrease in per capita beef consumption, the past few years have been challenging ones for cattle farmers. It’s also translated into higher costs for the leather industry.

by Rebecca Flint Marx
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The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: cabbage planting.

by Lucas Adams
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Palm Oil: It’s in Your Oreos, Killing Your Rainforests

When most people think about palm oil, if they think about it at all, they think of it as just one of the obscure and often unpronounceable ingredients printed on packages of proce...

by Rebecca Flint Marx
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Snail Panic

It’s huge, it’s slimy, and it’s the “single greatest threat to Florida agriculture.” Meet the giant African Land Snail.

by Jesse Hirsch
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A Garden Grows in Cabrini-Green

When Ned Lewis started hanging out at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm at nine years old, he found the labor to be beneath him. "I thought it was slave work" Lewis says.

by Jacqui Cheng
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How to Chicken-Proof Your Garden

You wouldn’t have babies and not prepare your house for them. Same goes for chickens in your garden.

by Virginia C. McGuire
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I Am the Man Who Makes You Want Your Food

I am the person who creates grocery print circulars – the small paper ads, usually four to eight pages, that come in the Sunday newspaper, or that sit in displays at the entrance to the store. And I want you to want this food.

by J.M. Gamble
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The Cattle Disease Spreading From Texas to Iowa

Anemia, weakness, and jaundice: those are three symptoms of anaplasmosis, a disease that's causing some big headaches for Texas cattle farmers right now. Transmitted through biting...

by Rebecca Flint Marx
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Five Awesome Summer Farm Festivals

From Pilset, England to Seattle, millions will spend the next few months seeking weekend refuges and basking in the latest tunes and summer heat. We’ve thrown together a list of five of the hottest ag-related festivals in July.

by Tom Wolf
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