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Everardo (Danial) Hernandez
Tosh Farms would like to introduce you to Everardo (Danial) Hernandez, our spotlight employee. Danial has worked for Tosh Farms for four years as a member of the construction crew. The construction crew is responsible for installing new barns. He works as a crew leader and is a vital part of this division. When he […]
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Is Vertical Farming the Next Big Thing in Agriculture?
It’s Called Vertical Farming, And It Could Be The Future Of Agriculture By Ronald Holden, Forbes Magazine A 20-foot vertical farm inside a climate-controlled cylinder. The concept sounds like science fiction: instead of spreading out across acres and acres, the farms of the future will grow lettuce and strawberries inside climate-controlled, light-controlled cylinders. Less land, […]
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Why a career in pigs is good fit for women
Cheryl Day 2 | Oct 20, 2017 More and more women are choosing pig farming as a profession, something that has changed over the past ten years. Here is why they shine as pig caretakers. For the first time, a woman earns the title America’s Pig Farmer of Year. Leslie McCuiston, raised on Oklahoma cattle farm, […]
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5 Tips to Ease Market Hog Loading Stress
By Jo Windmann September 22, 2017 | 6:41 Maneuvering 300+ pound hogs is a daunting task, not to mention exhausting, but there are simple things you can do to keep the pigs moving without stressing them—or yourself—out. It’s estimated transport losses cost the industry approximately $46 million per year, which creates not only economic concerns but animal […]
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Iowa State University Uses Light to Neutralize Livestock Odors
By Iowa State University September 14, 2017 | 10:05 am EDT Iowa State University researchers have literally, and figuratively, shed new light on the odor problems arising from livestock facilities. Jacek Koziel, an associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, and his team are using black light to help neutralize the volatile components that make up objectionable odors. […]
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Americans Are Confused About Food And Don’t Know Where to Turn For Answers
Food without GMOs does contain genes. SHERIL KIRSHENBAUM AND DOUGLAS BUHLER, THE CONVERSATION 28 AUG 2017 More than one-third of Americans do not know that foods with no genetically modified ingredients contain genes, according to the new nationally representative Food Literacy and Engagement Poll we recently conducted at Michigan State University. For the record, all foods contain […]
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What does the Total Eclipse 2017 mean for farmers?
SF SPECIAL: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF A FARM THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE, THE FIRST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE EXCLUSIVE TO THE U.S. SINCE 1776, WILL CUT ACROSS AMERICAN FARMLAND THIS AUGUST. By Terena Bell 8/14/2017 A blizzard in August: That’s the closest gauge David Cansler has for what’s coming. In his 58 years as a farmer, he’s […]
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Will the ELD Rule be put on Hold?
Babin’s ELD bill gains more momentum, even more co-sponsors By Greg Grisolano, Land Line Digital Content Editor | Friday, July 28, 2017 A growing number of U.S. representatives are adding their names to a bill that would delay the electronic logging device deadline until December 2019. Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, introduced the bill in the […]
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China’s High-Rise Hog Hotel
By Sara Brown, Livestock Digital Producer July 17, 2017 Hog barns—stacked eight stories high. The photos from Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey traveled around the Twitter-verse lightning fast, raising eyebrows and slackening jaws of U.S. producers and industry leaders. We all want to know: “How do you manage that manure?” Northey, on a trade mission with […]
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Spam – One of the Greatest Success Stories of All Time
How Spam became one of the most iconic American brands of all time THE CONVERSATION — While you might think of Spam as a basic canned meat, it’s actually one of the greatest business success stories of all time: Since Hormel Foods Corporation launched the affordable, canned pork product in 1937, it’s sold over eight billion cans in […]
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