NDSU specialists offer advice on supplying water to cattle this winter.

Recent snow and ice storms and power outages have been brutal for livestock and livestock producers.
Those conditions have kept livestock from getting enough drinking water. Beef cattle, for example, need 8 to 10 gallons per day.
Producers might be tempted to think their cattle can survive [...]

The Worst is yet to come warn Fed Reserve Insiders…
Original Article:  http://bit.ly/ctQJEL
By DANIEL WAGNER and ALAN ZIBEL, AP Business Writers Daniel Wagner And Alan Zibel, Ap Business Writers – Sun Jan 31, 7:29 am ET
WASHINGTON – The government’s response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the United States will face a deeper crisis in the future, [...]

Even big-city students find life sciences alluring…
Original Article:  http://www.modbee.com/ag/story/1028917.htmlÂ
By David Mercer
The Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tristesse Jones probably never will drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.
There isn’t a farm within miles of where she grew up on Chicago’s west side, but she’s set to graduate with a [...]

Texas farms are increasing Internet use according to census
Original Article: http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_55321.shtml
By Blair Fannin, Texas A&M
Jan 30, 2010
COLLEGE STATION – Over half of all Texas farms have some type of Internet access, according to the latest census data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“These data suggest more agricultural producers are using the Internet as a [...]

By Debra Smith, Herald Writer
SNOHOMISH, WA — In a small town known for its antiques, quaint Victorian homes and historic downtown, the Farm is an anomaly.
It’s just outside Snohomish city limits, wedged between a business that rents backhoes and a veterinary clinic.
It’s not a farm in any conventional sense. No wheat or corn or potatoes are [...]

Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Even while calling Chicago home, Laura Hawkins Grimes is a country bumpkin. Her scenic rural spread has three dairy farms, two ponds and a log cabin, all skirted by a white picket fence as scarecrows stand sentry over her blackberries.
And the best part is the 40-year-old sex therapist never has to [...]

More and more our food system comes under attack. Concerned citizens should be aware of what the corporations and governments are doing to the very heart of our existance.  Small Farm Digest starts this year off with a campaign to educate and inform the general public about the dangers of the universal food system.
In this [...]

Government Interference ? or Environmental Safety? You read and decide for yourself.   It is my personal opinion and observation that control is an issue. Does the government have the right to change the way it’s citizens live and have been living for generations?  How much control SHOULD the government have and at what cost?
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