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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.
Restoring Clean Water
Conservation
Restoring Clean Water
This Friday meet Charlie Barlow, a third-generation farmer who started farming near the Nyssa, Oregon, area in 1977. His family grows a variety of crops including wheat, corn, alfalfa, seed crops and sugar beets. ...
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Roots Run Deep
Conservation
Roots Run Deep
This Friday meet Johnny Bembry of Pulaski County, Georgia. The Bembry family has made a living on their farm for over 200 years, adapting and evolving how they manage the land as needed. Diverse ventures in row cr...
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Fulfilling a Dream
Conservation
Fulfilling a Dream
This Friday meet Martha Neale, of Windmist Farm in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Martha operates the farm with her husband, George, raising beef cattle, goats, sheep, pastured pork, and layer hens. The land has been in...
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Meadowlark’s Market Advantage
Loans and Grants
Meadowlark’s Market Advantage
This Friday meet Eric and Amy Kinman, owners of Meadowlark Farm, a regenerative farming operation located in rural Gasconade County, Missouri. Rooted on eight acres, Meadowlark Farm began with just six head of her...
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Conservation and the Golden-Winged Warbler
Conservation and the Golden-Winged Warbler
This Friday meet Jim and Katie Matykowski of Marinette County, Wisconsin. The Matykowskis bought 130 acres back in 1989 and started actively managing their forest right away to benefit the natural resources and wi...
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Transforming with Conservation
Transforming with Conservation
This Friday meet Bill Cooper, a cattle farmer from Wythe County, Virginia, where he raises Angus cattle on the same land that his family has operated since 1941. Bill lives on the farm with his son, his grandchildre...
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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