Category: Agriculture
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The Farm Business
In the video “Farmer Answers Farming Questions | Tech Support | WIRED,” Tennessee farmer Matt Griggs addresses a variety of questions related to farming, providing insights into the modern agricultural industry. Griggs explains how farmers achieve straight lines in their fields primarily through the use of GPS-enabled tractors with auto-steer functionality. He highlights the essential…
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Farms
The Farm Crisis examines the tragic circumstances faced by farmers for most of the 1980s, when thousands were forced into bankruptcy, land values dropped by one-third nationally, and sky-high interest rates turned successes into failures seemingly overnight. Gov. Terry Branstad, Sen. Charles Grassley, Sen. Tom Harkin, former Rep. Jim Leach, the late Mark Pearson, former…