I'll be straight with you: there's always that moment this time of year when I question my sanity. It's peak season, and we're out here juggling flaming pitchforks. We're moving 12,000 chickens across our pastures – that's a lot of...
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Between 2017 and 2022, America lost 141,733 farms. I refuse to let ours be next.Sitting at our Ranching for Profit Executive Link meeting here at Horstmann Cattle Company in Missouri, we kicked things off like we always do - reading...
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Ever wonder what real innovation looks like? Hint:Â It's not always about the latest tech gadget.I've been farming for nearly two decades, and I thought I'd seen it all. But Stanton Martin and his crew at Martin Farm keep proving me...
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You know something's fishy when a dozen eggs cost more than a pound of bacon. I've spent 20 years with my hands in chicken nests, and what's happening now looks like more than just market forces at work. From where...
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Buckle up, because I'm not gonna sugarcoat this: our food system is rigged against us. But I wouldn't be writing if I didn't see a way to fight back. Let's cut straight to it - our food system is broken...
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