Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Nov 17, 2012

Ranchers Have Conservation as Their Goal

Few people have experienced the vast grasslands of the open plains in the United States. These areas boast more cattle then people and even fewer trees. But for a cattleman, looking across the prairie can be one of the most beautiful things they have ever seen. Ranchers Jeff and Kim Smeenk of Newell, South Dakota couldn’t think of any better place to raise a family and their cattle. These ranchers along...

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Nov 8, 2012

Thanking Our Troops One Steak At A Time

The cattle business is blessed with good people,” says Ashland, KS, cattleman Bill Broadie. Without a doubt,Broadie is among them. As a U.S. Marine, Broadie served in Vietnam where he was wounded twice. The second wound was disabling. “I will never forget the plane ride home,” Broadie says. “I came home to a country violently opposed to the war effort and the troops who had risked their...

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Nov 2, 2012

Cheerleader for Agriculture Reaches New Audiences

A movement in agriculture that has been growing is to connect the people in agriculture with the people who eat the food they raise. Farmers and Ranchers in the United States are proud to grow food and want to continue to provide this important job. One of the best things U.S. agriculture has is the abundance of food available to the people of our country and the world. Celeste Settrini is a California...

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Oct 25, 2012

Let the “I Give A Crop” campaign work for you. There are plenty of sponsorship opportunities available. To find out how you or your organization can be a part of “I Give A Crop”, contact Jonathan Helfman at jonathan.helfman@farmamerican.com Tweet

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Oct 25, 2012

National FFA Convention Inspires Agricultural Enthusiasm

Nearly, 55,000 FFA members from all over the United States converged in Indianapolis this week. This convention marks National FFA celebrating 85 years of young people coming together to learn about careers in the agriculture industry, compete in contests and expand their leadership skills. The Wishek, North Dakota FFA Chapter traveled more than 1000 miles to Indianapolis in a yellow school bus.  This...

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Oct 19, 2012

Kansas Farm Brothers Share a Passion for Agriculture

I’m Farming And I Grow It, was made popular by three brothers from Central Kansas earlier this summer. This phrase was the tag line out of their viral YouTube video that was a play on words from the song “I’m Sexy and I Know It”. The Peterson Brothers cleverly changed the words to reflect what they are passionate about, farming and growing food. Greg, Nathan and Kindal along with their Mom and Dad...

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Oct 11, 2012

Following Their Goals Works for Farm Family Business

Farm businesses much like all businesses develop goals that help them to stay on track and reach the desired place they want to be. With over 98% of the farms in the United States being family ran businesses, many times the family and the business goals are one of the same to achieve success. “Brenda and I set out five years ago to be on a farm by the time we had children” said Leighton Cooley....

Posted by stacy.hadrick@furniturerow.com on Oct 5, 2012

Alabama Farm Family Finds Creative Ways to Share Dairy Message

The state of Alabama is known for many things: it’s rich civil war history, college football, famous towns like Huntsville, known as Rocket City, USA and Talladega for its famous NASCAR superspeedway. Alabama is also known for it’s vast agriculture industry, which includes cotton, poultry, cattle and peanuts. Dairy production may be small in Alabama but for the Gilmer family of Lamar County, they have...