In 1973 US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz told American farmers to, “get big or get out.” Over the next couple decades the US saw vertical integration of multiple markets including poultry, beef, and pork. Today the 4 largest meat packers are responsible for 85% of the beef purchases and 67% of hog purchases in the […]

How to farm the right way. This has been on my mind lately and it’s got me to thinking, are we doing it all wrong? Or, maybe we just do it all a little differently. There’s a Jeff Foxworthy video going around where Jeff says that when he was a child, Truett Cathy, the founder […]

Droughts are part of farming and in my neck of the woods, the saying is that we’re only ever two weeks away from a drought. Things can change quickly, leaving even the most diligent unprepared. Last year we had a decent spring, a hot dry summer, and a really good fall. During the summer, many […]