Posts Tagged ‘Thank a Farmer’

The Perfect Week to Thank a Farmer, National Agriculture Week

The Perfect Week to Thank a Farmer, National Agriculture Week

As someone that didn’t grow up in agriculture (the closest I got was the 5 cow dairy farm up the street from my subdivision) I seldom thought about the importance of farming in my everyday life before I graduated college. Now that I work for Monsanto, I have had the opportunity to meet with farmers [...]

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Don’t Be a Turkey This Thanksgiving – Thank a Farmer

If you’ve been listening to the radio lately, you may have heard some new advertisements from Monsanto that aim to raise awareness of the contributions of the American farmer. The ads articulate the positive impacts American farmers have on our economy as well as their efforts to preserve and care for the land. On Thanksgiving [...]

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One Farmer’s Simple Wish for Thanksgiving

Nebraska farmer Brandon Hunnicutt has a simple wish as the rest of America prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving: “Hopefully, we get to take the day off.” It’s a mid-November morning in Giltner, Neb., and Hunnicutt was harvesting corn. Typically, his father, brother, a relative and he finish harvest a couple days to a couple weeks before [...]

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