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#FridaysOnTheFarm
From the kitchen table to the boardroom table, USDA brings people together across the nation for: healthier food, natural resources and people; a stronger agriculture industry; and economic growth, jobs and innovation.
Each Friday, meet those farmers, producers and landowners through our #FridaysOnTheFarm stories. Visit local farms, ranches, forests and resource areas where USDA customers and partners do right and feed everyone.
Enhancing an Operation with Cover Crops
Conservation
Enhancing an Operation with Cover Crops
This Friday meet Bo Fox, of Monona County, Iowa, who is working with USDA to efficiently graze his 100-head cow and calf herd and help improve soil health on his farm. Bo farms with his son, Jake, in western Iowa’...
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Veteran Returns to Farming Roots
Veteran Returns to Farming Roots
This Friday meet Bill Renfroe, an Air Force veteran in Lovelock, Nevada, who can now add “beginning farmer” to his resume. While Bill had initially dreamt of retiring somewhere green, that vision enfolded into fie...
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Advance Payment Helps Extend the Season
Conservation
Advance Payment Helps Extend the Season
This Friday meet Alisha Utter and Kyle Bowley, of Arbor Farmstead in Grand Isle, Vermont. The seven-acre veganic farm grows diversified perennial fruit alongside restorative woodland.
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Transitions and Traditions on a Century-Old Farm
Disaster Planning and Assistance
Transitions and Traditions on a Century-Old Farm
This Friday meet David and Gail Hodge, owners and operators of Hodge Farms in Newberry, Florida. Established in 1919, the operation has transitioned with the ever-changing agricultural environment over the last 10...
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A High Tunnel for the Garden of Happiness
Conservation
A High Tunnel for the Garden of Happiness
This Friday meet Karen Washington, an urban farmer in New York City who founded the Garden of Happiness and a community farmers market, La Familia Verde Community Garden Coalition. The garden grows healthy food ...
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Rehabilitating the Ranch
Disaster Planning and Assistance
Rehabilitating the Ranch
This Friday meet Jason Berlowitz, a cattle rancher from Cushing, Oklahoma. Surrounded by the Cimarron River, his 1,800-acre operation was severely impacted by record-breaking floods in the spring of 2019.
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Videos
Farmer Scientists: Five Trials in Managing for Soil Health
22min
Grow and Tell: Save Time and Money with No-Till
2min
Grow and Tell: Bring out the Crimp
2min
Grow and Tell: Peak Efficiency
1min