A Year in the Life of a Farmer
Providing leadership and inspiration to grow a better future
The views of this farmer on societal issues and the state of the world we live in.
The world looks awfully bleak these days. A pandemic, war, the potential for famine on a colossal scale. Rampant inflation, expensive energy, a climate emergency, a world that seems divided…
A few days ago, I stumbled across a photo of our farmyard from a couple decades ago. Seeing the yard as it was in the early 2000’s was stunning enough…
Agriculture. The ten-thousand-year-old industry responsible for feeding 7.8 billion people alive on this planet today. The business that supplies hundreds of billions of gallons of ethanol and diesel fuel, that…
Agriculture is in the news in a major way these days. While just a couple of months ago, the big story in agriculture was mass hunger and even starvation due…
“It’s nothing personal. It’s just business.” How many times have you heard that line in movies, TV shows, books? It’s pretty much the expectation of how businesses will behave: putting…
As we hear more and more about agriculture’s contributions to climate change, a lot of people are wondering why farmers can’t just stop using fertilizer. Some link the need for…
I recently attended a virtual conference, hosted by CityAge, called “Farming for the Future”. This digital event included discussions around regenerative agriculture, soil health, farming practices that reduce carbon emissions,…
Farmers benefit from the troubles of others. This is one of the often-uncomfortable truths in farming. In a world market, where some countries buy grain and others sell it, we…
A Year in the Life of a Farmer 