Browse By Category
Conservation
Disaster Planning and Assistance
Loans and Grants
Ag Business
Science and Technology
Farm Life
Growing Farmers.gov
#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.
Thinking Outside the Pumpkin Box
Conservation
Thinking Outside the Pumpkin Box
Meet Dan Tucker and his family, owners of Yellow Prairie Farms near Caldwell, Texas. This diverse farm grows a wide assortment of specialty crops - notably pumpkins for Halloween.
Click here to read the inter...
Read Story
Creating Tranquility in Nature
Conservation
Creating Tranquility in Nature
This Friday meet Tom and Eva Wedel, owners of Oak Woods Foundation in Argyle, Wisconsin. This awe-inspiring oasis of tranquility is home to 400 acres of rolling prairies and forests, providing habitat for flutt...
Read Story
At the Crossroads of Hope and Farmers
Loans and Grants
At the Crossroads of Hope and Farmers
This Friday meet Savannah Gates, a hydroponic farmer in Amarillo, Texas, who literally lives at the crossroads of Hope and Farmers — and lives by the connection of those words, too. Her path in life hasn’t been stra...
Read Story
Preserving a Family Legacy
Conservation
Preserving a Family Legacy
Meet John Wolchesky, Jr., a Connecticut farmer managing the same land his family has worked since 1924. John partnered with USDA to protect his land through an agricultural easement that became official in December ...
Read Story
The Show Stopper
Loans and Grants
The Show Stopper
This Friday meet Payton Farmer of Brownstown, Indiana. In October 2015, Payton received a youth loan from USDA’s Farm Service Agency to purchase Macy, a breeding heifer, and began building her herd.
Click her...
Read Story
Knowledge is Key
Conservation
Knowledge is Key
Meet Salvador Prieto and Martha Romero, owners of a 20-acre lemon and avocado orchard in Somis, California. Salvador’s interest in farming began as a young boy growing up on a small farm in Mexico. Now farm owners, ...
Read Story
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