Russ and Marla Jones are partners with Marla’s parents Jerry and Shirley Green in a diverse, small acreage farming operation in Muldrow, Okla. The farm includes dairy goats, Boer goats, chickens, St. Croix hair sheep and Jersey cows that supply area residents with milk, milk products and meat. Oth [ ... ]

Gene and Dianna Buffington live on a 530-acre ranch in Watts, Okla., on land that once belonged to Gene’s parents. They also have 30 acres in Siloam Springs, Ark., that is Dianna’s.

David and Rita Stratton’s farm is nestled in the woods and hills of Cookson, Okla. They are currently remodeling David’s boyhood home with the intention of turning it into a bed and breakfast and then building themselves a smaller home nearby.

"It’s all I’ve ever known,” shrugged Geno Middleton. “Raising, breaking and training horses has been in my blood. I’m the third generation to do this,” he explained of Geno Middleton Stables north of West Plains, Mo., in Howell County.

Growing up in Lockwood, Mo., about a mile from his current farmstead, Charles Obert was deeply frustrated by his father’s refusal to buy exotic animals. Instead his father ran a dairy and raised chickens and hogs for personal use.

Greg Hoelscher has lived on a 40 acre farm near Humansville, Mo., in Polk County since 1992. He rents another 100 acres.

"Having your soil tested is the foundation to knowing what fertilizer amounts your pastures and grazing forages need,” [ ... ]

Drought conditions in regions throughout the Ozarks have placed a great deal of pressure on cattle ranchers and dairy fa [ ... ]

Organic food production has been increasing at a pace several times faster than that of the overall food supply. Some se [ ... ]

On Nov. 28, 2011 USDA's Economic Research Service forecast U.S. 2011 net farm income at a record $100.9 billion dollars, [ ... ]

Raising free-range chickens means the chickens have continual access to a pasture or range. “Generally this would be s [ ... ]

Leading a healthy lifestyle and being screened for certain cancers can dramatically increase your odds of detecting c [ ... ]