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  • Hoch Orchard & Gardens is hosting a livestock giveaway contest to rehome its pasture-raised pigs and sheep. (Photo courtesy Hoch Orchard & Gardens)

    Southeast Minnesota Farm Rehoming Livestock

    Harry and Jackie Hoch are looking for successors to continue building their established farm business. In the meantime, they are hosting a livestock giveaway contest to rehome a number of pasture-raised pigs and sheep.

  • Farming has been full steam ahead in Missouri this spring for Zachary Grossman. He'll report on crop conditions throughout the growing season. (DTN photo by Pamela Smith)

    View From the Cab

    Follow Zachary Grossman, a Tina, Missouri, farmer this season as he participates in DTN's View From the Cab feature, a weekly series covering current crop conditions and agricultural trends.

  • Tulips near grain bins (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Katie Pratt)

    Our Rural Roots

    The very basic, everyday moments of life are the building blocks that make up our legacies. Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet is determined to have a legacy of kindness, friendship and positivity.

  • Spring is all about new beginnings, and blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet shares how her friend's legacy of doing for others has taken root in her. (LianeM, Getty Images)

    Our Rural Roots

    The very basic, everyday moments of life are the building blocks that make up our legacies. Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet is determined to have a legacy of kindness, friendship and positivity.

  • There's great effort put into explaining and defending modern agriculture to nonagricultural audiences. (DTN photo by Joel Reichenberger)

    Editors' Notebook

    Agriculture puts a lot of effort into making sure its voice is heard in nonfarm circles. Do we spend enough time listening to the sounds from the other side of the fence?

  • Harriett, the blue heeler, accompanies blogger Jent Campbell everywhere she goes on the farm. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Jennifer Campbell)

    Our Rural Roots

    Blogger Jent Campbell says unconditional companionship creates a special bond between a "go dog" and its human.

  • Arlington High School FFA students in Arlington, Nebraska, participated in Drive Your Tractor to School Day on March 24. (DTN photo by Russ Quinn)

    Students Take Part in FFA Tractor Day

    FFA students always look forward to Drive Your Tractor to School Day each year. While it usually takes place on a cold morning, many students drive their family's tractor to school to promote agriculture. In many...

  • Blogger Meredith Bernard continues her journey to be stronger and healthier physically, mentally and spiritually. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Austin Bernard)

    Our Rural Roots

    Blogger Meredith Bernard resolves to continue a journey not to be a new "me," but to be the best "me" in body, mind and spirit.

  • Davis Behle grew up at Kearney, Nebraska dreaming of owning a farm someday, even though his parents didn't farm. His wife, Lori, a Lincoln, Nebraska native, also embraced the dream long before knowing they would buy farmland owned by her grandfather. (Photo courtesy of Davis and Lori Behle)

    Couple Chases Dream for Their Own Farm

    This Nebraska couple wasn't raised on the farm, but chasing a childhood dream has led them to buy a 10-acre farmstead in Washington County, previously owned by one of their grandparents.

  • Blogger Katie Pratt says her children's popcorn business helped create memories and lessons for their family. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Katie Pratt)

    Our Rural Roots

    Blogger Katie Pratt says we know "to everything there is a season." The hard part of that message is moving on when situations change.

  • Kyle Anderberg sells a table full of greens at a farmers' market in Richmond, Virginia. Similar to surveys from groups such as the National Young Farmer's Coalition, Anderberg isn't aware of any programs at USDA that can help a small, young urban farmer such as himself. He said he would like a loan that could help him buy a couple of acres of land. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    Urban Ag and the Farm Bill

    While USDA has started to set up some pilot urban farming programs in cities around the country, a visit to a couple of farmers' markets in Richmond, Virginia, found a mix of full-time urban farmers who wouldn't know...

  • Farmers and friends, Keith Miller (left) and Bob Worth have stayed in touch after participating in DTN's View From the Cab series 17 years ago. (DTN photo by Pamela Smith)

    Production Blog

    DTN's View From the Cab editorial series has sown seeds of friendship.