Total List of Farm Blogs I Check Out

This is the master list! A load of blogs I love to check out! If you aren’t on here, let me know by leaving a comment below and I can get you added here as well as on my list of new entries to the blog.

• Adventures in Agriculture – this one is by tweep JohnDeereTara and she talks about the behind the scenes world of green equipment.
• Advocates for Agriculture – SD rancher Troy Hadrick does a great job of monitoring media and passing news along!
• ag – a colorful adventure for this city girl – I read my own blog but not in a self congratulatory way… usually looking for something I have forgotten. LOL
• ag on the forefront — Kelsey in Nebraska talks mostly about the animal side of agriculture
• Ag Recruiting — My friend Jason who works in the human resources side of ag…. great guy! This blog gives you a different side of ag, great if you are hiring people or looking to get hired.
• Agriculture in Van Wert County, Ohio — Not sure who will be picking this one up with Andy Kleinschmidt moving on but its with the OSU Extension office and has great info!
• Agriculture Proud — This one is a real keeper! Ryan has a great feel for agriculture and has motivated others to share their stories too! It also connects to a Facebook page.
• AgrOpinion – This one is done by the Donohues to provide farmers & ranchers a place to speak up on activists.
• All Things Agriculture — Nate does a great jobs of providing his perspective on any of a number of topics farm related. He’s got a precision technology background so that is a thread you see more than once or twice.
• Beyond the Rows – The Monsanto Company blog… I sometimes write stuff for it.
• Biofortified – This blog is a combination of voices about “stronger plants, stronger science and stronger communications.” To get that, several graduate students and professors blog information about facts and encourage discussion about agriculture with particular focus on plant genetics and biotechnology.
• Celeste Laurent: A Farm Girl’s Perspective — Kentucky ag communications student Celeste Laurent has gotten ahead of the game with internships, freelance work and her own blog. She talks personally on her blog whether its about the impact of a national story on her family’s farm or how ag is related to her upcoming wedding.
• Chris Chinn – My girl Chris Chinn has a family farm that raises hogs in Missouri started this blog for the 2010 holidays. She’s captured some great thoughts about some of the struggles of farming but does an qually incredible job of helping explain why she wants to keep those options open for future generations.
• Common Sense Agriculture — Jeff Fowle has been blogging more often recently talking about food, his farm practices, and other things that cuts to the core of something important whether personally or for California or the nation.
• Corn Commentary — The blog of the National Corn Growers. A great resource to stay up on what’s happening with corn.
• Corn Farmer — Randy Uhrmacher started off 2011 by starting a blog about what happens on his south central Nebraska farm. He jokes that writing wasn’t his strong suit in school, but the posts he written shows he’s in this with a diversity of ideas. I look forward to seeing more.
• Cow Art and More – Veterinarian and artist Kathy Swift brings together an interesting combination of blog posts that bring to life a few of her passions.
• Cow Herd Management /The Bovine Blog — Bob Kinford let me know about his relatively new blog for cowboy herd management, humor, cooking and more.
• CropHugger — Marc Pacchioli has been in Agricultural Research and Production for more than 20 years. He works with a wide range of crops; agronomic, fruit & vegetable, turf & ornamental; from small organic market gardens to large corporate “conventional” farms. And recently decided to add a blog to his tasklist. He says “I also love to eat delicious food, drink good wine, and, did I mention chocolate? Extra dark, please.”
• Dairy Discovery — I met these Michigan dairy farmers in Atlanta during the Farm Bureau meeting. Jerry & Annie are enthusiastic about agriculture and took full advantage of meeting other people and working through some of the blogging info. By the way, this may have one of the coolest photos as the header I’ve seen.
• Dairy Goddess’s Blog — If you want to know about dairy farming from a great source, check out what Barbara’s been up to! She’s either out walking the barn taking care of Chica and others, making cheese or something fun!
• Dairy Innovation — Ashley Messing is a dairy farm girl from the thumb of Michigan. She’s got a great combination of stories about life on the farm, things she’s come across through studies or work, etc. You really should read this one!
• Darin’s Ramblings – When Kansas farmer Darin Grimm has a reason to write a blog post, he knocks it out of the park whether its thoughts on crops, livestock, family or social media, you’ll want to see what he has to say!
• Diaries of a Farmer’s Wife Living a Farmer’s Life — Really appreciate being listed on tumbler by this blog and I look forward to more of the stories about this new life Emily’s so excited about! Her father-in-law is a good friend I’ve blogged about too!
• Days of the Weeks — Ryan Weeks is putting his ideas together on a blog these days. He’s a great friend who has helped me learn more about popcorn and Kool-Aid. He’s also been great at helping us all understand his family farm.
• Dove Farm Diaries — One of the folks I’ve talked to through Twitter for over a year is located in the UK… I love getting their perspective on things and with the start of 2011 came a new farm blog! They have several different types of livestock, grow crops to feed them and have facilities for guests & small meetings.
• The Durrer Family – Our Life on a Real California Dairy Farm — I got lucky and Ellen connected with me through Facebook mutual friends! She’s got a great combination of stories and photos with young kids in central CA.
• Dust on the Dashboard — Kansas farmer Glenn Brunkow does a great job of putting together posts that tell you what’s crossing his mind as he drives down the turnrow.
• Environmental Stew — Kelliann Blazek’s new addition to the blog world! She explains it as “Take a piece of land, add a farmer, sprinkle on some livestock or crops, and mix in some conservation practices.  What do you get?  Environmental Stew(ardship).”
• FarmFresh Kelly lives in South Texas and posts about family, football & farming. (love the cotton photos especially Kelly!)
• Fill Your Plate — the Arizona Farm Bureau blog that helps connect farmers in the state with consumers in terms of what’s in season, where to locate and how to cook things.
• Food for Thought — Students at Kansas State are telling their stories on this blog. Check out the diversity of students! (Look closely and you can find a cotton connection!)
• Four Ransoms — A great farm mom blog! She’s also doing some neat things with photography.
• From My Front Porch — Jent her husband Chris and kids are enjoying life on the farm in Indiana. She writes about various things that happen — from sending hogs to market, to feeding horses and taking care of cows.
• From Sand Creek: One Writer’s Blog — Lynn Woolf lives on a farm and as a PR person has a great knack for for putting together posts that cross those two areas.
• Gate to Plate Blog — Michele Payn-Knoper’s blog on agriculture and social media.
• Get the Facts from Farmer Gene — Farmer Gene is with BIO and provides a look at biotechnology in farming.
• Girl Meets Farm — simple enough title… and she writes post now and then
• Griggs Dakota — One of my favorite blogs cause the folks in Griggs, North Dakota grow so many different crops and share stories on all of them, as well as stories about living on the prairie on a daily basis. I LOVE ALL THE PHOTOS!
• Growing a Home — Jake & Colleen in Chico, CA put together thoughts on their home, family and agriculture.
• Haley Farms — Somehow I goofed and failed to get Mike & Pam’s blog on the list right off, luckily I caught my mistake. They raise corn, soybeans, wheat and Simmental cattle. They’ve taken a lot of time helping me learn about cattle, including suffering through a million questions during my first livestock show experience.
• James and the Giant Corn — James is a genetics student looking at the wonderful world of agriculture.
• KellyMRivard – Kelly’s brushed up against agriculture most of her life even if she doesn’t have the typical farm background. That gives her a different perspective. She writes some on agriculture, some on college life and some on other things that go through the mind of a college student interested in design, social media and farming.
• Kim’s County Line — Kim puts her commentary and photos about life on a Kansas farm on her blog. She’s a farm wife who writes about farm life, photos, recipes and life in general. She said having checked out several of the blogs listed here, she truly appreciates the resource & would enjoy being added.
• Life’s a Highway… and Mine is Surrounded by Corn — I love the way Whitney describes herself  ”I live with a camera around my neck and dog hair on my clothes. I normally have some sort of manure on my shoes, a GPS tacked to the windshield and my BlackBerry in hand.” Tells a lot about the topics she blogs on.
• Little Birdie Told Me — Kelsey does a great job of putting together things about what it’s like living in a new area as a newlywed.
• Martin Family Farms – Probably my favorite on-farm blog because Doug Martin does a great job of keeping small posts coming. And does a great job putting a face on agriculture.
• Meat is neat – Chris Raines is a professor at Penn State and yes, he’s a meat expert. No, not like the folks who just eat it – he knows way more than I thought was possible!
• Minnesota Farmer – A blog I am still not sure how I found but thankful he found me or I found him. Great info from a farmer in Minnesota.
• Montana ranch and rodeo perspectives. Blogs occasionally, usually good for a great laugh! Excellent writing.
• Nickel’s Notes — My colleague Nick hasn’t posted in a long time, but he’s got a bunch of transcripts here from #onthefarm that are interesting.
• On the Journey… — Mad props to Amanda Sollman on the blog that follows her on her journey through college and toward even more greatness. She rocks as does the blog.
• PAfarmgirl — I love the great photos Genny posts here.
• Pork Power Blog — This is a blog done by a group of pork farmers… recipes and marathon training are among the themes.
• Proud to be a Farmers Daughter — Mary Ellen Fricke is a friend I met at a conference — she’s a bit outgoing too… Yep, we hit it right off. But she also has a great story and to start 2011, she decided to start a blog. The name comes from the first “big girl t-shirt” she remembers having. I love it!
• Ranch Wife 4 Life — Jecca Ostrander’s view from northwest Nebraska on the Box O Quarter Horse Ranch her family has.
• Ray-Lin Dairy – If I had a brother who was a dairy farmer in California, I’m guessing it would be Ray. He rocks.
• RealAgriculture – A blog that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Canadian agriculture but were afraid to ask. By my good friend Shaun Haney.
• Real Ranchers - Multiple authors. Blogs 2-3/week. Southern Wyoming ranchers for the most part.
• Shedding Light on Agriculture — I met Daniel online and finally met up in real life. He’s working with fruit trees in the Valley. You can learn a lot from him as he shares thoughts that come to him while he works on his PhD.
• Sitting in the pasture… — This is Ryan’s personal blog (he’s behind Agriculture Proud too). This one talks about the things that occur to him as he’s worked on a feedlot and a ranch.
• Slow Money Farm – Jan Hoadley blogging about her small farm in northern Alabama. She writes about fresh foods and some great photos.
• Sometimes Nothing is a Real Cool Hand — Tricia Braid started this blog and I wish she’d write more. She’s got a great style.
• SweetHomeMinnesota – Emily’s blog started after ACFC10 about life with her young family on a dairy farm and working in health care. She rocks.
• Terry Etherton’s blog on Biotechnology — Terry Etherton is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition and Head of the Department of Dairy and Animal Science at Penn State University. He is also a renowned expert in biotechnology.
• The California Daily Update — Someday Cannon Michael will get back to his blog… in the meantime we wait.
• The Dairy Mom — Dairy farming in northeast Ohio is a celebration of family for this dairy mom.
• The Dairyman’s Blog – Will Gilmer of Gilmer Dairy in Sulligent, Alabama puts together thoughts about the farm and agriculture.
• The Fastline Blog — A company blog that is well done… check them out if you don’t know them.
• The Scientist Gardener — Its pretty much what it sounds like. I really enjoy it.
• 365 Days of Beef – Oprah’s show on veganism got something started. While some of the folks who watched may take a shot at eating a vegan diet, Scott Bennett decided to prove a healthy diet based on beef by eating it for 365 days. He’s a student at Virgina Tech, seems like this could be fun to watch.
• Three kids & a Bunch of Pigs — I love what Heather Hill (aka @ProudPorkMom) does. Like lots of farm moms, she’s working full-time, raising kids and helping on the farm. So what does that leave her with? Time to blog? Probably not but she does an awesome job with it anyway!
• Truth or Dairy is by Carla & Kris who describe themselves as having recently chucked the corporate life for life on the farm. While the blog is relatively new, it’s clear they are happy with their decision.
• Twins’ Farm in Spain — The Twins’ Farm  is a small farm in Cuenca, near Madrid (La Alberca de Záncara, Cuenca, Spain). They followed me on Twitter & I didn’t catch them for a bit. Sure glad I did! Great to see photos from a very different farm & crop mix than I have locally. (And I love Spanish olives!)
• Two Generations from the Farm — A college student from Alabama turned me onto this blog and I have been following it since. “Not a farmer, but not clueless” — we need a lot more folks in this category.
• Vermillion Farms — Not sure how I’ve missed listing Rachel’s blog! She and her husband Jason farm in Colorado, and you can see from some of the posts she writes that her family raises pigs. She’s been working on a Farm Wife Project that is a reason to be really pumped!
• Walking The Off-Beaten Path — Lana does a great job capturing her family farm in daily stories and photos.
• Wag’n Tales – Val Wagner from ND blogging about life on a ND farm with her family of four sons.
• The Weiss Centennial Farm is in Frankenmuth, MI, a town I’d never even heard of til a friend asked me to go to a regional dairy leadership conference there recently! They do a great job telling their story whether it is about the daily ins & outs of the dairy farm or their trip through ice in Atlanta.
• The Wise Owls — Tales from the Ag Ed Classroom — Drew Bender started this blog and has recruited several other ag educators to join his efforts! It walks you through ideas and thoughts teachers have about agricultural education.
• Wyoming centennial ranch. Blogs everyday on ranchlife, photography, dogs, creative projects.
• Zweber Family Farm News – Emily and Tim Zweber write about their farm and the area that it supplies fresh food & dairy to around Minneapolis.