http://farmfacts.today.com Farming with Flair Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:59:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just returned from signing a petition against the National Animal Identification System, which could be implemented across the entire United States. I must stress the importance of fighting against this program if you have the opportunity. It will cause the vast majority of family farmers to go out of ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2009/06/27/nais-national-animal-identification-system/ I was thinking today that I would talk about some of the things that people have asked. So, here are the questions with the answers that I have. 1. What do farmers wear? Well, this is a question with many answers. We mostly wear overalls, yes, overalls.  That’s not just a saying, ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/12/05/your-questions-answered/             Hey Y’all! I must first apologize for my short hiatus. Things have been super crazy here on the farm. We’re trying to get everything ready for the quickly approaching winter and it seems like the list is never-ending. We hate winter. It is really hard on the animals and ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/29/the-rich-will-become-richer-and-the-poor-will-become-poorer-so-sayeth-the-bible/             OH MY GOD! I just found this website that tells how many CAFOs exist in each state, broken down by type—cattle, hogs, dairy, broilers, and layers. It also provided populations (of the CAFOs) by state and type. This is more horrible than I originally thought! I’m not sure that ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/13/which-companies-own-factory-farms-cafos/                         Continuing my blog from yesterday, I don’t even know exactly where to start with the topic of CAFOs. There’s so much to talk about that people are unaware of that I’m not sure exactly which topic to start with. The food is bad and laced with hormones and ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/12/what-do-ya-do-with-all-those-dead-pigs-at-factory-farms/             Well, here’s a quick blog for you today. One of the things that we have to contend with here on the farm is CAFOs. Confined Animal Feeding Operations, most commonly known as factory farms, are dangerous to farmers. Not only that, but they are dangerous to you, too. They ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/11/24/                  Alright, so we now know how much money farmers make from whatever they raise and how much it costs us to plant crops. It’s pretty clear that we don’t make a lot of money. Plus, I mentioned that we have huge farm payments each year. One of ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/10/how-much-to-farm-tractors-and-implements-cost/   Ok, so most people think, after looking at yesterday’s blog, that we’re making our money in the field. You could look at the table in two ways: 1) Farmers really aren’t making any money for what they grow, or 2) That’s just the markup that we have to pay as ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/09/the-true-cost-of-planting-cropswhat-you-dont-know/             Yesterday I mentioned that there is a huge discrepancy between the amount of money farmers make and what you pay for food in the store. I have compiled a list of foods and the prices associated with them below. As you read this, I hope you don’t think we’re ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/07/how-much-do-farmers-really-make/             I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out what I’m going to talk about today. There are so many things and I could have a different subject every day for a year. So, here is kind of an overview of what we do, how we live, how people ... http://farmfacts.today.com/2008/11/06/the-many-hats-farmers-wear/