Category Archives: Atop the Fence Post

By Lauren Moore, Public Affairs Specialist  Eric Grandon is an Army veteran who never dreamed of being a farmer. Eric and his wife, Mary, now own and operate Sugar Bottom Farm in Clay County, West Virginia, where they produce honey, vegetables, fruit, … Continue reading →

By Lauren Moore, Public Affairs Specialist  Twenty-nine years ago, Helen Huitink and her late husband, Dave, started Pumpkinland, an annual event on their farm in Orange City, Iowa, where people can purchase autumn produce, take a turn through corn mazes, … Continue reading →

By Lauren Moore, Public Affairs Specialist “It started with a six-acre corn maze and a few pumpkins,” said Dirk McCormick, a farmer who has welcomed guests to his Union, West Virginia, farm every fall for 15 years. Adding a little … Continue reading →

By Savannah Halleaux, Michigan Farm Service Agency Orv Kabat is a rancher who raises bison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In its 30th year of business, Orv’s Circle K Ranch provides meat to about 30 restaurants and health food stores across … Continue reading →

By Grant Stumbough, Wyoming FSA Public Affairs & Outreach Specialist Bill Schlenker’s family has been farming in Meeteetse, Wyoming, since the 1800s. Bill and his family are carrying on the family legacy, successfully farming the arid and productive land. Irrigation … Continue reading →

By Dana Rogge, Public Affairs Specialist From agronomist to meteorologist, farmers and ranchers wear many hats. It takes diverse skills and knowledge to care for the land, perfectly time crop planting and harvesting, market livestock, everything that impacts the farms … Continue reading →

By Bobbie Kriz-Wickham, Nebraska FSA Public Affairs and Outreach Coordinator LeRoy and Marlene Buchholz have been farming together in Creighton, Nebraska, for nearly 60 years. Over the last two decades, the couple has worked to turn their former crop and … Continue reading →

By Melanie Lassiter, Virginia FSA County Executive Director and Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialist David Bosselman is a fourth-generation farmer. His sons, Brian and Hunter, are the fifth generation, growing peanuts, cotton, soybeans, corn and wheat on their family … Continue reading →

By: Kaylyn Franks, Idaho FSA Debra Jantzi owns a raw and pasteurized goat dairy in the Treasure Valley of western Idaho. With faith and determination, she and her nine children established Treasured Sunrise Acres from the ground up. From 4-H to Farming Before … Continue reading →

By Jessica Claypole, Missouri FSA Public Affairs and Outreach Specialist Cattle rancher. Cowboy poet. Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee chairperson. These are just a few of the hats Betty McCarthy wears daily, and they all fit nicely with her … Continue reading →