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Top HAT Story Soybeans Finally Finished for Southern Indiana Farmer |
In late May it was still a battle for many southern Indiana farmers to get into their fields and complete planting. Don Shoemaker is one of those farmers in Jackson County. At that time he had completed planting on 80 percent of his corn acres and sixty percent of the soybean acres. A check with the From the Fields farmer Thursday revealed it was just this week that he finished the beans. He told HAT_ "Corn finished up the first week of June_ and beans I actually finished yesterday (Wednesday_) so they will be about the same time as double crop beans. With some of the wetter ground we have it never really did dry out until this week. We did have a chance to finish it up and things have made remarkable progress." Read More...
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Latest Commentary Everyone Wants To Be An Advocate for Agriculture |
For a long time_ there have been many people_ myself included_ who have been calling for good advocates for agriculture. We need articulate and intelligent individuals who can represent the food and fiber industry to consumers. That is why I was struck by what happened to me last week. On Monday I interviewed Miss America_ Katie Stam who is the new spokesperson for Indiana dairy farms. I ended the week by interviewing the director of the State Department of Agriculture_ Anne Hazlett_ who had just announced the new goal of her department is to be an advocate for agriculture. While these two women are vastly different_ they share a common passion for telling the story of the American farmer. They are also both products of rural America and fiercely proud of their heritage. While they will tell the story of the food and fiber system in vastly different ways_ they will both contribute to a better understanding of agriculture by those not involved in agriculture. Read More...
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