Category: farm

Food Inflation: Tight Grain, Oilseed Supplies to Keep Prices Elevated

SINGAPORE—Drought or too much rain, the war in Ukraine, and high energy costs look set to curb global farm production again next year, tightening supplies, even as high prices encourage farmers to boost planting. Production of staples such as rice and wheat is unlikely to replenish depleted inventories, at least in the first half of…


Dutch Government To Force Farm Buyouts For Totalitarian Agenda

Commentary Despite a small geographical footprint, the Netherlands is the second largest agricultural exporter in the world. They produce 10 times more per acre than American farmers, and also produce countless agricultural items we often forget about, like flower bulbs (they produce the most in the world). The Dutch are known for their firm grasp…


Where There’s a Will

“Where There’s a Will” is a 1936 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, and Norma Varden. It features an incompetent solicitor who unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click…


This Majestic Black Horse Will Leave You in Awe

Absolutely stunning and he knows it. Head up high, tail flowing. Beautiful! (Video courtesy of San Samuel De Abril Criadero) …


Oklahoma Marijuana Farm Illegally Obtained Permit Before 4 Slain

OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma marijuana farm where four people were killed and one was wounded was operating under an illegally obtained license to grow marijuana for medical purposes, an Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics spokesman said Friday. The application for the license by Kevin Pham fraudulently stated that the operation was 75 percent owned by an…


Tol’able David (1921)

Young David Kinemon, son of West Virginia tenant farmers, longs to be treated like a man by his family and neighbors, especially Esther Hatburn, the pretty girl who lives with her grandfather on a nearby farm. However, he is continually reminded that he is still a boy, “tol’able” enough, but no man. He eventually gets…


Michigan Sisters Run a Thriving Flower Farm, Credit Faith and Family for Their Success

Two Michigan sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy, have made a shared dream a reality by starting their own flower farm. With a sprig for every season, their venture is going from strength to strength. Sisters Britney, 34, and Emily Zondlak, 31, grew up in a farming family in West Michigan, where they still live. Bound…


‘Superhero’ Teen Spends a Year Helping Tend Farmer’s Land After He Was Struck With a Rare Autoimmune Condition

When her neighbor, a farmer, fell ill suddenly, a Minnesota teen volunteered to help him tend the land. The farmer was beyond grateful for the support, and the teen picked up new skills and tricks of the trade—thus a beautiful friendship was formed. Steve Brake, 63, lives with his wife, Mary, in Wellmont, Minnesota, where he…


Angel and the Badman (1947)

Wounded and on the run, notorious gunman Quirt Evans gallops onto a farm owned by Quaker Thomas Worth and his family and collapses. When Quirt urgently insists upon sending a telegram, Thomas and his daughter Penelope drive him into town in their wagon. After wiring a claim to the land recorder’s office, Quirt kisses Penny…


End of Cheap Money for US Farmers Plows Trouble Into Food Production

CHICAGO—Montana farmer Sarah Degn had big plans to invest the healthy profits she gleaned for her soybeans and wheat this year into upgrading her planter or buying a new storage bin. But those plans have gone by the wayside. Everything Degn needs to farm is more expensive—and for the first time in her five-year career,…