This was a tough year on the farm. A wet spring delayed our planting. A wet fall suspended our harvest. We didnt finish bringing in our crops until last week, ...
Heres the thingthat a lot of peoplemisunderstandaboutfarmers and President Trump: As much asfarmers like me areworried about tradewars, weve done reall...
President Trump wants to give $12 billion to farmers like me, to make up for the losses were suffering from Americas trade wars.
I appreciate the gesture. ...
The future of farming just got a lot brighter.
On March 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that his department wont add a new layer of...
Nearly everybodys weighing in on the fate of our vital trade agreement with Canada and Mexico- NAFTA. However, if you think Americas most important trading pr...
Farmers are mostly pleased with President Trumps first yearbut were also worried about what comes next.
Our general approval was on display last week, whe...
A century ago, war raged across Europe. Millions of soldiers and civilians died in the epic conflict of World War I.
In the first year of the fighting, howev...
We hear a lot of sharp talk these days about the 1%. Its members have too much. Or they dont contribute enough. Youve heard the complaints from politicians ...
Nobody wants to hurt honeybees. Not only are they an important part of the environment, but as pollinators, theyre also essential to agriculture. Ive heard th...
A comedian once asked why we drive on parkways and park on driveways.
Let me tell you about another semantic mystery: waterways.
They arent always what t...
Daniel (Dan) Kelley grows corn and soybeans on a family farm near Normal, IL in partnership with his two brothers and his son. Dan has a long history with agriculture cooperative systems, providing leadership to GROWMARK and Denver-based CoBank.
Dan volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and continues to provide leadership to the Nationwide Insurance and Nationwide Bank boards of directors. With a bachelors degree in agriculture from Illinois State University, he has received many accolades and awards in the agribusiness community, including the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.
