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09.09.2011

My American Farm Site Expands With New Game

As far as professions are concerned, farming and ranching are among the most challenging. A new interactive online game offered by the American Farm Bureau…

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Ice Cream was Made for Arizona: A List of Some of Our Favorite Places to Buy It!
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09.02.2011

Ice Cream was Made for Arizona: A List of Some of Our Favorite Places to Buy It!

  Arizona must be the reason ice cream was invented.  When the temperature soars into the triple digits for days on end, even we can start…

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Farm Fresh Apple Cider Flows at Brown’s Orchard
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08.23.2011

Farm Fresh Apple Cider Flows at Brown’s Orchard

Located just a few miles off Interstate 10 in Willcox, Brown’s Orchard has been the home of heirloom apple and pear trees for almost 50 years.   Mr. Brown, who…

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08.13.2011

Peach Perfect Meal

Here in Arizona the sun shines and the fruit grows all year long. We are blessed with bountiful harvests that span longer growing seasons than…

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Calling All YF&R Members
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08.12.2011

Calling All YF&R Members

Staff Reports The Young Farmer and Rancher (YF&R) Program is looking for young agriculturists to compete in three contests to be held at their Annual…

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Arizona Farmers & Twitter
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07.12.2011

Arizona Farmers & Twitter

        We decided to take a cue from a recent article from the Phoenix New Times, Phoenix Farmers Who Tweet.  The article…

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America….Prepare to Fill Your Plate
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06.16.2011

America….Prepare to Fill Your Plate

On June 2, the Unites States Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled the new icon that aligns with the revised dietary guidelines released in January of…

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AITC Goes to Summer School
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06.08.2011

AITC Goes to Summer School

By Katie Aikins, Arizona Farm Bureau With the 2010-2011 school year coming to an end some might anticipate a slow summer for Arizona Farm Bureau’s…

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It’s Time Agriculture Takes Back ‘Sustainable’
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06.07.2011

It’s Time Agriculture Takes Back ‘Sustainable’

Editor’s Note: A while back we ran this editorial from rancher, Troy Hadrick, in our Choices publication. He’s active in American Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer…

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Perceptions Have Changed
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05.20.2011

Perceptions Have Changed

Today, 310 million people live in the United States. This means a multitude of people with their own ideas and opinions about everything from who…

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Arizona Legacy Beef: May Delivery
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05.04.2011

Arizona Legacy Beef: May Delivery

By Danny & Kacie Tomerlin, Arizona Legacy Beef We are so glad for the warm weather that finally seems to be here to stay.  We have…

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02.23.2011

Farm Bureau Support of Feeding America Breaks Records

The farm and ranch families of Farm Bureau last year raised more than $273,000 and donated more than 18 million pounds of food to hungry…

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HICKMAN’S FAMILY FARMS OF ARIZONA ANNOUNCES ARMSTRONG ACQUISITION
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01.26.2011

HICKMAN’S FAMILY FARMS OF ARIZONA ANNOUNCES ARMSTRONG ACQUISITION

Latest Addition Brings Current Flock Capacity to More Than 5.5M Layers Last week, Hickman’s Family Farms of Arizona announced the acquisition of the Armstrong layer…

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