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How Climate Change is Affecting Our Farmers – The Challenges
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02.05.2014

How Climate Change is Affecting Our Farmers – The Challenges

[caption id="attachment_10444" align="alignright" width="300"] Find out how climate change impacts your local produce (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] The success of farms and ranches has always been…

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Resilience of American Agriculture: Innovation, Diversity, & Growing Markets
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02.20.2013

Resilience of American Agriculture: Innovation, Diversity, & Growing Markets

  The drought of 2012 is the most serious to impact U.S. agriculture since 1988. The illustrations help show the resiliency of the US agriculture…

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What Factors Impact Food Prices? Part 2
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02.18.2013

What Factors Impact Food Prices? Part 2

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Many different factors affect the prices of food.  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] In today’s world of 24 hours news and possible calamities…

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What Produce Digs Dry Weather?
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11.19.2012

What Produce Digs Dry Weather?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Pumpkins are one of the few crops that thrive in dry weather conditions. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This summer saw drought devastate…

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Day of Prayer for Those Affected by Drought
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08.21.2012

Day of Prayer for Those Affected by Drought

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This Thursday, Aug. 23, the American Farm Bureau Federation will be asking Americans to…

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Arizona Farm Bureau Releases New Set of Strategies for Arizona Families to Stretch Their Food Dollars in Light of Midwest Drought
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08.14.2012

Arizona Farm Bureau Releases New Set of Strategies for Arizona Families to Stretch Their Food Dollars in Light of Midwest Drought

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] In light of recent food prices and anticipated future price increases due to widespread…

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