Category: Posts From My Job Depends On Ag

The Cost of Food Without the Farmer

Share This: By Erik Wilson How much are YOU really willing to pay for the food, clothing, and shelter that sustains you? I ask this question because we have arrived at a moment in time where many Americans enjoy an

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Ag Life & Poetry

For the Love of Farming

Share This:   By Eric Bream Yes, in order to be a farmer, you better love it. Farmers work long hours and deal with many obstacles in their quest to bring a crop to harvest, but let’s be honest, farming

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5 Years in Ag

Share This: By Vanessa Enciso 5 Years in Ag… I was hired 5 years ago in the Merced County Ag Commissioners Office. And if you don’t know about me, Hi! I’m Vanessa, and here is what I have been doing….

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Hating the Farmer – But Loving Apple?

Share This:   By Erik Wilson I have heard this accusation a thousand times in the last,” You greedy farmer. You know you need to stop exporting Almonds. You use all of the water in California.” I look at those

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Buying & Selling Time

Share This:   Buying and selling time……..   The farmer, the rancher, the timber man, and the fisher man, does not sell a commodity. The commodity may represent the profit or loss, but it is not what they sell.  

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My Back is Against the Wall

Share This: My back is against the wall. I’ve seen my water taken away, and the acres that my family farmed for generations lay fallow. I worked within the rules and regulations put upon me, until my ability to produce

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Government Spotlight

A Letter to the Mayor of Tulare California

In a recent write in to our publication, a concerned farmer and family man asks the mayor of Tulare, CA to open up a dialog with him and other Ag leaders. This comes in light of recent remarks the mayor made that appear to be out of touch with his on Agricultural base. Please write in with your thoughts, and join the conversation.

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And Another Farm Family Is Gone

Share This:   And another family is gone. Tomorrow morning, a friend and his family will leave California. He is a horse farrier, and has lived here in California his entire life. His wife works for an airline, so making

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Picturing the Past

Follow Rob Bednarcyczk, creator of Mr Farmers Neighborhood Facebook page, as he discusses a few pictures he came across from his family farm life recently, and explains just what it means to him to be part of this Ag tradition of ours.

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