“Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries. This research center is doing important work to help farmers enhance the quality, yield and marketability of their small fruit crops.” ImportantStatesHelpingQualityMajorsResearchFruitProducersYieldFarmersCropsStrawberriesImportant WorkRaspberriesWashington StateMarketability Author:Rick Larsen
“Diesel fuel is too important to our farmers at harvest time and to the truckers delivering commerce across Nebraska to allow a bureaucratic hurdle to slow the delivery of fuel.” ImportantFuelFarmersCommerceHarvestDeliveryDeliveringHurdleDieselNebraskaHarvest TimeTruckersDiesel Fuel Author:Dave Heineman
“It's as if the whole notion of growing soil is something only lunatics would think about. But why not grow soil? Does anything make more sense than growing soil? Isn't that more important than tractors, trucks, silos, barns, county fairs and country music? Of course it is. And yet to the lion's share of American farmers, the very notion of growing soil is just plain silly.” IfsThinkingDoeImportantCountryWholeCoursesGrowsGrowingShareLandFairsNotionSillySoilWhy NotLionsFarmersTruckCountyBarnsTractorsCounty Fair Author:Joel Salatin
“Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer.” ImportantCitiesTreeLandIndustryRootsBranchesFarmersDeclineAgriculture Author:Bernard Baruch