Category Archives: Atop the Fence Post

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 →

By Kim Iczkowski, Wisconsin FSA Public Affairs and Outreach Coordinator A thousand years ago, ancestors of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community migrated from eastern Canada to Forest County, Wisconsin. Stories passed from one generation to the next, detailing how the tribe … Continue reading →

By: Lynnette Wright, FSA Carrie Nader and Alexander Wadsworth own Westside Tilth Farm in Buffalo, New York. Their urban farm is situated on about three-fourths of an acre spanning a few lots on the corner of a block in the Lower West Side region … Continue reading →