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Food wars claim new victims“Pink slime” and raw milk claim victims of different kinds You are sure to have heard of the controversy surrounding lean finely textured beef. The product came to be labeled “pink slime” in March as media outlets highlighted the practice of harvesting beef from f... Read more |
Energy prices are the real storyYou can walk back a statement, but actions persist Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Steven Chu said that in 2008 just before he became the Obama Administration’s Department of Energy secretary. Now he is performing... Read more |
Some offense takenLink bait story calls ag majors useless; works for Yahoo writer Did you hear the news? Agriculture, horticulture and animal science degrees are worthless. That assessment comes via a gormless article posted on Yahoo.com by writer Terence Loose. Loose sifted through some numbers from the ... Read more |
A new era in agriculture—at least in the public’s eyeNew scrutiny and a new point of view When something is dying, something else is always being born. You understand that from being on the farm. There is no vacuum in nature. Skipped rows grow weeds. So does overgrazed pasture. I write these lines in reflection of the coming farm bill... Read more |
About the Editor
Steve Fairchild has been editor of Today’s Farmer since 2003. He served as associate editor for two years prior to that.
Before joining Today’s Farmer, Fairchild served as field editor at Missouri Ruralist for 7 years.
In this Issue of Today's Farmer Magazine
Ag myth busters
We take on five myths surrounding America's
Get horse supplement “just right”
Horses may need grain supplement, but feed care
Ag road trip
If you plan to hit the road to vacation with fa
Ten scouting tips
Scouting fields for weeds, disease and insects
United We Stand
Animal-rights organizations seek conflict, disu
Food wars claim new victims
“Pink slime” and raw milk claim vic
Pizza possibilities
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April 2012 Today's Farmer
Thank farmers for more than food...
Bill Garner considers himself lucky. There aren
Corn, cattle and cash on the table.
High cattle pricespay the way for efficient pro
The Fox Trotter is a Midwest favorite
Missouri's official horse was bred for util
Why avoiding stress pays for your herd
High-priced cattle earn more when you handle th
What does your rain gauge say?
I have a rain gauge just outside the kitchen wi
Precision pays
Overlap steals from row croppers’ bottom
What are your trees worth?
Establishing a timber tax basis can save you mo
Stay safe on the skidsteer
Tragic accidents this spring are stark reminder
March 2012 Today's Farmer
Foundation is ready for opportunities
On the farm, we call it resourcefulness. In bus
Weirich is new MFA director of agronomy
Brings commanding knowledge of weeds and agrono
A new stink
Another pest arrives from Asia Looks like t
Bloggers see better economic times ahead
Kauffman Foundation survey quizzes top economic
Congress funds Bootheel clean-up
Last April, the flood-swollen Mississippi River
BASF plant science division moves to Nor
No point in staying in Europe Environmental
Deer camp folly
With deer season well behind us, I can tell one
Some offense taken
Link bait story calls ag majors useless; works
February 2012 Today's Farmer
Eye on the sky
Farmers love to talk about the weather. After a
Mainstreet on the Rise
Creighton’s Rural Mainstreet Index reads
Everything but the squeal
Pork byproduct export is lucrative Accordin
No reason to not repair levees
Funding is in; use it, says MCGA’s Gary M
On the forward path
One result of strong planning is the ability to
MFA Incorporated has the ingredients to
MFA President and CEO, Bill Streeter addresses
As Congress incubates another farm bill.
A new landscape for farm legislation Farm l
President’s / Chairman’s Letter
MFA Incorporated Annual Report for August 31, 2
Dec 2011/ Jan 2012 Today's Farmer
Green Energy
A goal for energy from grass: make it loc
Finding Christmas
For Kevin Jones, Christmas was lost in clich&ea
What is it worth?
Survey respondents gauge land prices in Missour
2012 Agricultural Outlook
We asked three experts to offer their thoughts
When Wall Street was bombed
MFA founder, William Hirth, leveled his pen and
Fine Frying
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Hitting the brakes
A group of U.S. agricultural entities calls for
November 2011 Today's Farmer
Recognizing the cooperative spirit
The strength of a cooperative like MFA Incorpor
A man of vision
Former MFA President Bud Frew dies at 77 St
Generators on the farm
Are you ready for the next power outage? As
Mr. Greene Goes to Congress
MFA precision agronomy manager speaks out on Li
Small Town favorites
Some characters just fit a small town I&rsq
Carbon emssions academic?
Cuts in the West, increases in the East Rob
Remembering a great leader
B.L. Frew died Sept. 25. His force of will and
Risks worth taking
You can casually teach farm safety, but you sti
October 2011 Today's Farmer
Winning with Cooperatives
Delivering value to members and communities
12 ways to be a better farm manager
Adopt Danny Klinefelter’s best farming pr
MFA participates in Safe Feed/Sage Food
Certification program fine tunes feed manufactu
Not a seed cap in sight
Looks like the drought of farmer-presidents wil
Get goat nutrition right
The great goat rush slowed last year with numbe
Halloween Fun
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Your obligation is clear
The morals of farming come by proxy Prepare
September 2011 Today's Farmer
Getting the best education for your mone
The economics of ag school Jessica Roland r
GPS threatened
Earlier this summer, MFA’s Precision Agro
Demand pushes farm earnings
When harvest wraps up, the three key U.S. farm
2011 MFA Foundation Scholarships
Established in 1958, the Foundation is a nonpro
No wonder the Big 12 is fracturing
Charitiable Giving
Academic scholarships are the centerpiece of MF
Quick recipes that help you entertain
Impossible Cherry Pie 1 cup milk 2 tbls. b
Fenceline weaning, less whining
Strong fence and close weaning proximity helps
Summer 2011 Today's Farmer
McCann's bullish on beef
Jason McCann spent last year promoting the beef
Cows head for fewer weeds
MU study shows investigates cows’ grazing
Make it while the sun shines and keep it
A quick guide to tarping hay Everything is
Keep her in condition
Tracking a cow’s body condition score has
Viewpoint: What an odd spring
This spring was hectic and delayed, all at the
Raspberry Parade
Lattice Raspberry Pie Pie Filling: 4
Proposition B was only a beginning
Livestock producers face an organized and well-
Beat bloat
Aim for feed efficiency and careful grazing
May 2011 Today's Farmer
Aging on the Farm
Gene Boyd enjoys waking up on his farm near Albany
When Christmas is a new beginning
A holiday and a puppy to mend two hearts
Solid footing for the future
Anyone managing an agricultural business—from farm
MFA Incorporated Annual report for Augus
MFA Incorporated’s fiscal year, which ended Aug. 3
Time to watch those bins
Unlike the past several years, Mother Nature gave
Pin it on human resources
What did the future look like in 1959? In 195
Managing help on the farm
Scott Hays manages 20 full-time employees at hi
Running with the bulls
In the waning days of 2010, when Rabobank released
March 2011 Today's Farmer
How to manage debt
Are you borrowing money to operate your farm? If y
Hold and miss
Tight stocks have commodity prices on the rise. Fo
How to read that tag
Quests for information may take us to the inter
Time to watch those bins
Unlike the past several years, Mother Nature gave
Pin it on human resources
What did the future look like in 1959? In 195
Mandates crank up the cranks
From 1.6-gallon toilets to dustless combines, we
Learn the right lessons
MFA keeps focus on opportunities and balance-she
Don’t get blinded by spring green
Don’t quit feeding hay too soon in the spring. It




