April Showers Bring May Flowers
Spring is in the air! With spring comes warmer days as well as plenty of pollen and bugs. One very important bug to agriculture is the...
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Manage Anxiety to Avoid Mental & Physical Anxiety
Among all the occupations in America, those who work in farming, forestry and fisheries are most likely to commit suicide—by a mile,...
Today in History: 1913 Ford’s assembly line starts rolling
Author: History.com 2009 On this day in 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire...
Florida Frontiers: The real first Thanksgiving was held in Florida
(Photo courtesy: Jon White) FloridaToday.com Article from: FloridayToday.com Ben Brotemarkle10:43 a.m. EST November 22, 2016 Tradition...
History Moment: The History of the Conveyor Belt
As early as the late 17th century conveyor Belts became an intricate part of making material transport. “In 1795 that conveyor belts...
Going Green
One of the newest trends that has been sweeping the nation is organic produce and products. Now some people are all for it and some...
How Crispr could change the GMO debate with genetically engineered/tailored foods
Lets start with explaining what a GMO is so that one can understand the difference between "Genetically Modified Organisms" and the...
Genetically Tailored Plants - The Non GMO
Image Courtesy of https://www.biofortified.org/info/ To help educate people about the many methods that are used to generate new traits...
How the Bee Population Affects Agriculture As We Know It
"Beekeepers across the United States lost 44 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2015 to April 2016,...
History Lesson of the Week: Origins of Hay Harvesting
Long before disc-mower's or discbine's there were Hay Knives, Sythe's, Sickle's and Machete's. Can you imagine the back breaking labor it...
Another Scientific Breakthrough: Artificial Plant Breeding
Artificial Selection is a form of selection in which humans actively choose which traits should be passed onto offspring. Humans have...
Technology Changing the Future of Agriculture - Sensors
"Farming may be an ancient industry but the latest progress in agricultural science and technology could change how the world eats"...
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