Friday Feature:  Potential of Commercial Hemp Production

Friday Feature: Potential of Commercial Hemp Production

Hemp production has suddenly regained momentum as an alternative crop.   Hemp has been illegal to grow commercially because it is in the Cannabis sativa or marijuana family of plants.  The difference is that industrial hemp contains less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol...
Friday Feature:  Gene-Edited Heat Tolerant Angus Calf

Friday Feature: Gene-Edited Heat Tolerant Angus Calf

This week’s featured video was produced by the Wall Street Journal for their Moving Upstream video series to share story of a controversial research project taking place in Brazil to create heat-tolerant Angus through gene editing.  Researchers identified the...
Friday Feature: McArthur Farms Peanut Harvest

Friday Feature: McArthur Farms Peanut Harvest

This week’s featured video, called “Picking Peanuts” was produced by a Jackson County Farmer, Jim McArthur, McArthur Farms, Bascom, Florida.  He actually shared this video through his YouTube channel and Facebook page in late September.  Many of us...
Friday Feature:  Farm Dog of the Year

Friday Feature: Farm Dog of the Year

This week’s featured video was shared at the 2019 National Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.  An Australian Shepherd owned by Joe Sheeran, Texas was recognized as the 2019 Farm Dog of the Year.  A panel of expert judges reviewed more than 90...
Friday Feature:  Peterson Bothers’ Farmer Rock Anthem

Friday Feature: Peterson Bothers’ Farmer Rock Anthem

Those famous Kansas farm boys, the Peterson Bothers, have created another parody video called Farmers Rock Anthem, which is a parody of the popular song ” Party Rock Anthem.”  The Peterson Brothers have published a number of these videos to tell the...