The Importance of Land When Raising a Family
Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan offers a rare and revealing look at how important owning a piece of property was to bringing up his kids and now his grandchildren.
Future of Farms
Cropland Shows Acreage Gains
Thought you might be interested in this excerpt from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association Newsletter January 24, 2014 Pasture, Cropland Show Acreage Gains, Less Erosion A new report on the status and conditions of America’s agricultural lands shows cropland erosion rates remained stable between 2007 and 2010, despite a growth in agricultural land use and more extreme weather events. NRCS’s latest National Resources Inventory (NRI) summary report features data on how U.S. non-federal rural lands are being used. Data comes from 800,000 sample locations across the country. NRI data also shows that between 2007 and 2010: Pastureland increased by 847,000 …