Veteran-Owned Cattle Company Proves Suffering Builds Grit

When Farm Journal first met Patrick Montgomery last year, the three-year-old business was just picking up steam. Thanks to some new-found fame, KC Cattle Company has since taken off.

Tips To Reduce Employee Turnover

Farmers offer varying degrees of bonuses, gifts and other incentives, in addition to regular income, to retain high-performing employees.

Online Training: Growing Hemp From A to Z

In this one-hour online training, Certified Crop Advisor Bryan Parr educates farmers on the basics of how to grow hemp for grain or fiber. Click here to learn more or to register.

Planting Nearly Complete on a Good-Looking 2020 Corn Crop

U.S. corn planting is in the homestretch. As of May 24, 88% of the U.S. corn crop has been planted, which is in line with the five-year average of 82% planted by late May. At this time last year, only 55% of the U.S. corn crop was planted.

Brazil's JBS Being Sued by Labor Prosecutors Over COVID-19 Outbreak

Brazilian labor prosecutors are suing meatpacker JBS SA seeking damages and better work conditions after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a meat plant in Ipumirim, in the southern state of Santa Catarina.

ACAM Poll

Have you employed conservation methods to reduce farm runoff? Tell us why or why not.

Gold Medals In The Seed Box Flipping Olympics

Here are some videos of seed dealers getting the necessary task done by hand with speed and control being admired by many.

Join our $100 Ideas Club

Think you have an idea worth $100 – or even $200? Submit it here! Upon publication in Farm Journal, the Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.

Kate Miller: New Legislation. Then What?

"The headlines during COVID-19 make the packer an easy target," writes Kate Miller. "This is just the continuation of a trend 150 years running with cattlemen, and we have ramped up our efforts with keyboards in hand."

American Farmers #FarmON

The promise of blue skies can do a lot for the soul. Even in the face of COVID-19, farmers are resilient and working as hard as ever. Click here to see the photos submitted by your fellow farmers. Then share how you #FarmON by texting FarmON to 31313 to submit your photo or video.

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