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Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.

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Increase in Wheat Yields

November 28, 2022

You can learn more about how wheat farmers are making gains on sustainability by visiting The U.S. Sustainability Alliance. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Production Methods Tagged With: farm facts, farm meme, wheat

These Purple Tomatoes are a BE Superfood

November 7, 2022

My favorite new crops are those genetically modified to include consumer-oriented benefits! Norfolk Plant Sciences' purple tomatoes fit the bill. With a couple swaps of genetic material, these purple tomatoes turn a deep purple when ripe. Why? Because they're loaded with good-for-you antioxidants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biotechnology Tagged With: biotechnology, federal government, GMO, gmos, health, science, USDA

Fewer Cows, Same Milk

October 25, 2022

I was so struck by this statistic when I saw it: The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, National Milk Producers Federation and Dairy Farmers of America spearheaded a study to look at how technology has benefited dairy farmers and cows in the last 15 years. They released the results at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animal Agriculture Tagged With: animal agriculture, climate change, dairy, science, sustainability, technology

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

October 23, 2022

Dear Ann, I saw your recent tweet about farmers. You retweeted a video of some guy artfully throwing whatever he was picking onto a wagon and discarding the bucket all at the same time. I have to admit I was somewhat impressed with his skill; it's more efficient than I ever was. But you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Production Methods Tagged With: celebrity, crop insurance, family farmers, innovation, promoting ag, science, technology

In Defense of “Thank You, Farmers”

October 17, 2022

Time changes everything, even blogging, influencing, and writing. Back in the day, you would often see phrases encouraging people to thank farmers for what they do. Things like, "if you ate today, thank a farmer" or "if you didn't go to bed hungry, thank a farmer" were everywhere. It was meant as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Farm Living, Lifestyle, Production Methods Tagged With: family farms, promoting ag

Beyond Meat’s COO Allegedly Bites a Man’s Nose

September 22, 2022

Generally, I don't like to kick people when they're down. We all make mistakes. We're all human. And sometimes our anger gets the best of us (if we ever sit down for a drink, ask me about the time I "went hillbilly" in four seconds). But when you're at the top of a company hoping to sink animal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animal Agriculture Tagged With: fun, funny, meat

An Intro to The Food Allergen Labeling And Consumer Protection Act

September 19, 2022

By now most Americans have seen allergy-warning labels on various food items. But they probably know very little about the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, the legislation that authorized the Food and Drug Administration to regulate those labels. Here's an introduction to that Act … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Government Affairs Tagged With: FDA, federal government, food safety, labeling, labels, regulations

Dairy Farmers of America Combats Food Insecurity with Refrigerators

September 14, 2022

Dairy Farmers of America and Feeding America have teamed up combat food insecurity. DFA is raising money so it can donate commercial refrigerators for food pantries across its regional areas. The pantries will fill those units with donated milk. Feeding America conducted a survey of food pantries … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Farm Organizations, Special Issues Tagged With: dairy, family farms, milk

What’s Important?

September 12, 2022

"If everything is important, then nothing is important." This wisdom seems so relevant to my life right now. My career is getting busier. I'm working on a new professional venture. I'm trying to produce new content for all of you. My niece just turned two, which is such a fun (and fleeting) age! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: lifestyle

Farm Size

August 29, 2022

If anyone tries to tell you something else, they're lying. Farms come in all shapes, sizes, crops, and animals. None of those are inherently good or bad. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Farms, Production Methods, Sustainability Tagged With: family farms, truth

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Hi, I'm Amanda. My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm an attorney and I'm passionate about agriculture!

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Fear-based marketing isn't ok, regardless of whether it comes from radical environmental groups or farmers.

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Good products sell themselves; fear doesn't need to be an ingredient | AGDAILY

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Social media posts from direct-to-consumer beef producers show photos of their product purportedly next to store-bought beef and make nutrition claims.

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Had to break for the snow earlier this week. But back at it and making progress.

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As many of you know, I'm passionate about the mission of Cultivate Food Rescue. Last year, because of the collaboration of volunteers and donors, Cultivate was able to fill 55,527 backpacks with weekend meals for school kids, and provide 1,623,018 meals to others in our communities. In doing so, it rescued thousands and thousands of pounds of perishable food. On this Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to Cultivate's mission.No neighbor hungry. No food wasted.

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These commercials from Perdue were ALL OVER the TV this past holiday weekend. Did you see them?

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Perdue Sells Alarmism Over Antibiotic Use - The Farmer's Daughter USA

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Perdue is selling alarmism of its biggest competitor's use of antibiotics. So what's going on here?

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Happy Thanksgiving!I realized this morning that it's been 20 years since I performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What a trip!I hope you and yours have a lovely day! ๐Ÿฆƒ

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I'm a proud farmer's daughter & advocate for modern agriculture. U.S. farmers are leaders in sustainability.

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Just a reminder. #agriculture #usagriculture #far Just a reminder.

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Happy Thanksgiving! I realized this morning that Happy Thanksgiving!

I realized this morning that it's been 20 years since I performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What a trip!

I hope you and yours have a lovely day! ๐Ÿฆƒ
Honestly, what is she even doing?? #Mischa #dogsl Honestly, what is she even doing??

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She's got me. #dogslife #onlyfurbaby #naptime She's got me. 

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Some of you see this picture and appreciate the vi Some of you see this picture and appreciate the view. Our grain cart driver (mom) just sees that scary hill to drive up. ๐Ÿซฃ

 #farming #sustainableag #agriculture #sustainableagriculture #farmers #sustainableagriculturepractices #sustainable #agriculturelife #agricultureeducation #farm #farmer #harvest23๐ŸŒพ
Happy Halloween! I dressed up as an attorney today Happy Halloween! I dressed up as an attorney today. ๐Ÿคฃ

Oh, lawyer jokes. Listen, if you can't make fun or yourself and have a little fun, what are you even doing?
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The first 25 acres of soybeans are done! But the b The first 25 acres of soybeans are done! But the beans still have very high moisture content. It's so high the granary won't accept them. So we'll have to dry them.

The big concern with soybeans is that the pods won't pop open. If that happens, they'll be discarded  out the back of the combine with the other plant material. Obviously not what we want to happen. After testing a bit, enough were opening that we felt like we should just get started.

Slow going, but at least it's going!

 #farming #sustainableag #agriculture #sustainableagriculture #farmers #sustainableagriculturepractices #sustainable #agriculturelife #agricultureeducation #farm #farmer #fearfree #cleanfood #foodsafety #dietfads #FactsNotFear #cleaneatingdiet #foodlabels #truth #cleaneating #Harvest2023
We're still not harvesting yet. Why not? Moisture We're still not harvesting yet. Why not? Moisture content.

We're currently about 4 weeks behind. But we can't start because our crops are still too wet. The moisture content is the amount of water in each kernel or soybean. If there's too much, they can spoil in storage. If it's really too high, then combine has a hard time handling it.

For corn, the sweet spot is about 15%. We have a dryer system on the farm that can help finish the kernels to the correct moisture level. But the dryer takes a lot of energy to run, so its cost prohibitive if the moisture content is too high. And if we try to sell the crop when it's too wet, we'll take a price hit at the grain elevator. So either the granary dries it, we dry it, or Mother Nature dries it. Right now, it's still too wet for after-harvest drying.

The other complication is that IT. JUST. KEEPS. RAINING. That doesn't help because the corn doesn't have a chance to dry out, and it maintains that moisture. We need some warm, dry days to speed up the process.

So, for now, we're still waiting...

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