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| We Get Letters |
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| Posted on May 09, 2012 at 8:55 AM |
| People can be so kind, and the letters we receive at Prairie Farmer are the absolute evidence of that. Words are powerful. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| HSUS: Perception as Reality |
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| Posted on May 01, 2012 at 3:05 PM |
| If you believe everything you hear, you might just think HSUS is for shelters, Kashi is natural and Nutella is healthy. Wait. They're not? |
| Category: Consumers |
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| BSE: Here's What We Know |
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| Posted on April 26, 2012 at 4:29 AM |
| The tests worked, USDA's system worked and our food supply is just as safe today as it was yesterday. Or even on the day BSE was discovered. |
| Category: Consumers |
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| How a Good Product Got a Bad Rap |
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| Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM |
| Pink slime: lots of misinformation, followed by hype and more misinformation. Rinse, and repeat. But wait! Here are the facts. |
| Category: Issues |
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| The End of a Long Road |
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| Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:00 AM |
| Blog hiatus explained: my mother died last week. And here, a look at hope, her life and our changed lives on the farm. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| Master Farmers Give It Back |
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| Posted on March 07, 2012 at 4:29 AM |
| Half of all farmers and ranchers donate their time to youth organizations, compared to 7% of most Americans. Take a Master Farmer and that's 100%. |
| Category: Issues |
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| We Went Red...And Met Moms |
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| Posted on March 05, 2012 at 4:29 AM |
| Farm Moms hit the city for a fancy-schmancy event, connecting farmers with consumer moms in Chicago. |
| Category: Consumers |
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| How a Cow Can Change Everything |
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| Posted on February 23, 2012 at 5:31 PM |
| World population expands. Ag technology spreads. Cows make more milk. Families have better lives. Check it out here. |
| Category: Technology |
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| Is Agriculture Waiting to Talk? |
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| Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| Ken Cook offers up a contrarian view, not only of food production on the farm, but of telling agriculture's story. He may have a point. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Had It Not Been for 4-H House |
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| Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| A cooperative housing unit at the University of Illinois made a profound difference in my life. May it continue to do the same for generations. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| Loose: Not Taking Questions |
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| Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:36 PM |
| The author of the story that launched degree-gate simply can't answer any questions. Today. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Our Friend, Greg |
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| Posted on January 17, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| An entire community mourns for Greg Chatterton – farmer, father, husband and friend to so very many. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| When the New York Times Calls |
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| Posted on January 06, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| It's not always easy to be on the other end of the questions, and other things I learned while being interviewed. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Bob: Just a Great Teacher |
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| Posted on December 29, 2011 at 1:00 AM |
| What’s the mark of a great teacher? In Bob Siebrecht, it’s a teacher who can see in his students what they cannot see in themselves. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| Field Moms Look to Farms, Not PETA |
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| Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM |
| Another round of conversations with Illinois Farm Families Field Moms reveal our outreach may just be working. PETA will not be happy about this. |
| Category: Consumers |
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| Big City Lessons |
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| Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:02 PM |
| A trip to Chicago yield more than just a little fun and sightseeing. See what a couple farm kids learned about hard work and delayed gratification. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| To the Farm |
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| Posted on October 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM |
| A Saturday on the farm with eight moms from Chicago? Priceless. |
| Category: Consumers |
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| Hunger Amidst Bounty |
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| Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:23 PM |
| Canadians organize a Harvest for Hunger: 120 combines, 160 acres, 12 minutes. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Ready to Roll |
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| Posted on September 26, 2011 at 12:44 PM |
| Harvest rolls along, amid sun and rain and more. Despite the craziness, my favorite season of the year. |
| Category: Corn |
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| ADAP: Clear as Mud, Part Deux |
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| Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:00 AM |
| Part Two of a series with former Illinois FSA head Bill Graff, as we dissect NCGA's proposed farm program. |
| Category: Policy |
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| ADAP, ACRE, FSA: Clear as Mud? |
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| Posted on September 20, 2011 at 10:47 PM |
| Part One of a series with former Illinois FSA head Bill Graff, as we dissect NCGA's proposed farm program. |
| Category: Policy |
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| Prairie Pictures |
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| Posted on September 08, 2011 at 8:39 AM |
| A barn in a field, a farm on a hill. In Illinois, it's the little things that take us back. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| See You at the Show |
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| Posted on August 28, 2011 at 10:36 PM |
| Time for the Farm Progress Show…drop by the Hospitality Tent and say hello! |
| Category: Issues |
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| POTUS |
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| Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:03 AM |
| A whirlwind day amid the White House press corps, the president and a lot of seed corn. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Farm Moms Hit the Road |
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| Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM |
| Four farm moms drive north to talk food & farming with Chicago moms. Note to self: it's a long way from a Starbucks on State to the Caseys in Kewanee. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Meeting in the Middle |
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| Posted on August 02, 2011 at 10:07 PM |
| A Chicago legislator and her family travel south for a taste of Fulton County agriculture. And let me tell you, the shop has never been cleaner. |
| Category: Issues |
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| A Will and a Way |
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| Posted on July 18, 2011 at 8:57 PM |
| What's it take to get to college? Hard work, if you follow this man's example. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Flashback: 1997 Seed Industry |
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| Posted on July 07, 2011 at 4:00 AM |
| A look back in the files reveals a point in seed history time that feels much longer ago than just 13 years. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Value off the Farm |
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| Posted on July 05, 2011 at 10:30 PM |
| Don't bemoan kids leaving the farm. They're taking good stuff with them. |
| Category: Issues |
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| How We Wound Up On a Billboard |
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| Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:18 PM |
| One ambitious and forward-thinking county Farm Bureau reaches out to Chicagoland with a family farm message. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Stand Up for 4-H |
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| Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:46 PM |
| A new CNN blog asks for opinions on 4-H and livestock - and the anti-meat folks are saying a lot of nasty things. Make sure CNN gets your opinion! |
| Category: Issues |
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| It's a New Day |
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| Posted on June 01, 2011 at 4:00 AM |
| New efforts to take the farm to consumers starts with a new blog, a new logo and a new website. And what's this thing called a "Field Mom"? |
| Category: Issues |
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| The Only Peanut Farmer in Illinois |
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| Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:00 AM |
| With the help of a friend to the south, my six-year-old is growing peanuts. Also, please send 120 days of warm weather. |
| Category: Peanuts |
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| Scrap Direct Payments? |
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| Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:46 PM |
| Early feedback from readers looks to cut direct payments, simplify crop insurance and help the little guy. |
| Category: Policy |
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| Where Do You Stand? |
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| Posted on April 21, 2011 at 10:02 PM |
| Direct payments, crop insurance, conservation payments and more. |
| Category: Policy |
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| 654 Miles |
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| Posted on April 13, 2011 at 3:00 AM |
| My past 36 hours has seen the following: 654 miles, a dozen ag editors, 378 oz. Diet Pepsi, 23 planters, 3 sprayers, 2 states. Give or take. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| Strength in Numbers |
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| Posted on April 08, 2011 at 3:28 AM |
| Farm leaders do their western Illinois community proud. |
| Category: Issues |
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| What's Natural? |
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| Posted on April 05, 2011 at 5:46 PM |
| Just because something's natural, it doesn't mean it's good for you. |
| Category: Issues |
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