Category Archives: Atop the Fence Post

By Lauren Moore, USDA Spring planting is starting across the country when many agricultural producers are investing in their future. It is no doubt that farming and ranching is a capital-intensive business. From growing row crops to raising livestock or … Continue reading →

By Shelby Johnson, Arizona FSA As a high school student in Round Valley, Arizona, Kevin McFee worked for local ranchers and began growing a herd of his own. From Angus to Longhorns, Kevin and his wife, Missy, now run a … Continue reading →

By: Dawn Pindell, FSA Jeffrey, Louis and Jacob Lipton are owners and operators of Pleasant View Farms in Somers, Connecticut. The farm has been in the Lipton family since 1918. Originally a dairy, the farm has transitioned into growing 600 … Continue reading →

By: Janlyn Hannah, Farm Service Agency and Mary Collier, Natural Resources Conservation Service Tammy Higgins is a cow/calf operator in Okemah, Oklahoma, who has met cattle market, drought, and financing obstacles head-on and come out on top. Tammy is a … Continue reading →

By Lauren Moore, USDA The Harlow family has been growing vegetables on their farm in Westminster, Vermont, for over a century. Paul G. Harlow bought the property in 1917, where the family milked cows and sold vegetables at a roadside … Continue reading →

By Jessica Claypole, Missouri Farm Service Agency Agriculture has always been a way of life for Tanner Pace, a Howell County, Missouri-native. “I have been involved in agriculture in depth ever since I was a young teenager, helping put up … Continue reading →

Carlos Gonzalez Torrez is an experienced farmworker and student at the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association in Salinas, California. Carlos has spent many years on the farm, hand picking artichokes, strawberries, and Brussels sprouts. He’s now working with ALBA to … Continue reading →

By Mary Kirby, Illinois FSA In 2007, Mike and Kim Staley purchased a farm in Elmwood, Illinois. Formerly an apple orchard, the couple decided to transition the land into a maple syrup operation after watching a documentary about how to … Continue reading →

By Lauren Moore, Public Affairs Specialist Gary Carder is a veteran and owner of Capream Dairy in Prescott, Arizona. This Grade-A goat dairy specializes in the production of milk, gelato, and cheese, which are sold at retail locations around the … Continue reading →

By Dana Rogge, Public Affairs Specialist After retiring in 2008, Henry and Ardis Crews returned to their hometown of Henderson, North Carolina, with a plan to rebuild their community as they remembered it from their childhood. They organized the Green … Continue reading →