Another Farm4Profit episode hot off the press from Commodity Classic! Jessie Scott, new Editor-in-Chief of @SuccessfulFarm talked with us about how she got to where she is, and the importance of motivating those on your team. Tune in for a great show!
https://t.co/qV40SNoVUS
Roughly 2% of the U.S. population is engaged in production agriculture, and less than 1% of those are Black. One fact that shows why this story needed to be told. Thanks to Bill for telling it.
I wrote a series of stories about the challenges Black farmers have faced since the Civil War. Here is a web landing page with links to all of them. It’s a difficult topic for many to read, but one I’ve wanted to write for years. https://t.co/mTHRoMizDk
Two gentle reminders today:
Take care of your thoughts when you are alone and take care of your words when you are with people.
#domoreag#AgMentalHealthWeek
@akrherz@isuagronomy@SuccessfulFarm My heart goes out to all the farmers dealing with wind damage on top of the other challenges 2019 has brought.
Last year, @JessieScott1 wrote this awesome @SuccessfulFarm article with 9 tips for dealing with down corn.
https://t.co/DhvD2L1wIx
And the last stop of the day was a tour of the Peterson family farm. The farm was almost completely wiped out from a tornado last year, but the family is resilient and is rebuilding.
Stop No. 2: Lunch at the Onion Grille with pork from Compart Family Farms and a presentation from Jim Compart. (For the record, the pork was delicious!)
“Our planet is finite, but our ability to innovate is infinite. Ideas are the one natural resource we always have more of over time, and that’s why I’m an optimist,” says Ramez Naam at #ONE19
“The U.S. uses less water per person since any point since World War 2. Farms grow more food per drop of water and our power generation uses less fresh water,” says Ramez Naam.