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My Favorite Farmer – Jay Hill

January 28, 2015 by

Over the past year I have had the privilege of getting to know Jay Hill – a local farmer. He firmly believes that in his operation growth is good, but bigger is not always better. He enjoys a more manageable size because he feels he can focus more on what he grows. Jay informs me that profitability has increased due to the micromanagement of crops. He…

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I visited a farm and I liked it!

January 24, 2015 by

also had the opportunity to visit Fair Oaks Farms. I've visited farms before, I've been around dairy's but this - this was fantastically unique. I had visited Fair Oaks in highschool on the way to attnding National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. If I had to describe it - well, let's just say - it's the Disneyland of farms. Yes, I'm being completely serious. I wanted to…

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Agricultural Byproducts *complete with Madagascar Memes

January 14, 2015 by

When you think of agriculture, hopefully you think of food. Without agriculture we'd be bare, naked and hungry. The land would be bare, we would have no fiber to make clothing out of and we would of course be hungry because there would be no food industry. These are some of the more obvious things that agriculture influences, however much of the time we forget about…

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