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Get the Lay of the Land

To Understand Trends in Rural Land Sales, Look to Decades of Data From Farm Credit and Texas A&M University

Farm Credit and Texas A&M University team up to track land values.

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Landscapes magazine earns top ag communications awards

Landscapes received “best magazine” honors in two national communications competitions this summer.

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A Voice for Landowners

Recognizing the potential impact landowners have on natural resources, the Texas Wildlife Association fights for landowners to have a seat at the legislative table.

Recognizing the potential impact landowners have on natural resources, the Texas Wildlife Association fights for landowners to have a seat at the legislative table

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For Love of the Land

More than 35 years ago, Don Boydston went from working on the U.S. space program to working on improvements to the family ranch. His efforts recently earned the Boydston Ranch a Lone Star Land Steward Award.

More than 35 years ago, Don Boydston went from working on the U.S. space program to working on improvements to the family ranch. His efforts recently earned the Boydston Ranch a Lone Star Land Steward...

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Farming as a calling

With help from Mississippi Land Bank, beginning farmers Rob and Jordan Jones achieved their dream of starting Jones Family Farms and growing vegetables.

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For Two Commercial Airline Pilots, Farming Keeps Them Grounded

Pilots Larry Rhea and Steve Specht are still commuting — and more involved in farming than ever before.

Pilots Larry Rhea and Steve Specht and their families were profiled in the first issue of Landscapes in 1998 as members of a growing trend: commuting to jobs in the city from homes in the country. Ten years later, they both are still commuting — and more involved in farming than ever before.

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Want Water? Tips for Building a Pond

An expert provides tips for building a pond on rural land.

An expert provides tips for building a pond on rural land

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History in the Making

District's First Land Bank and PCA Loans Changed Lives for the Better

District's First Land Bank and PCA Loans Changed Lives for the Better

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Rethinking Your Landscape

If you lose your plants to harsh conditions, view it as an opportunity for a fresh start.

Two longtime farming families are doing their part to keep the Louisiana strawberry industry alive.

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Know Your Boundaries

An agricultural attorney discusses key issues in fence law.

As the saying goes, “good fences make good neighbors.” Unfortunately, as many rural landowners know, however, fence issues also can create extremely strained relationships among neighbors.

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Loyal to the Land Bank

Four Generations of the Harris Family

Steve Harris of Mineola, Ala., loves to tell how Alabama Ag Credit has stood rock solid behind his family for nearly a century.

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Land Affordability Calculator Designed to Help Beginning Farmers

Need help figuring out how much land you can afford or how you will finance it? Now there’s an online decision-making tool that can help — the Finding Farmland Calculator.

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What the New Tax Law Means for Agriculture and Rural Landowners

The largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades went into effect this year, impacting farmers, ranchers and other rural landowners in a variety of ways. For the most part, financial experts anticipate benefits for these groups.

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Guitar Ranches

Entrepreneurs, philanthropists and land stewards Phil and Jane Guitar are bringing diversification to the historic Guitar Ranches.

Entrepreneurs, philanthropists and land stewards Phil and Jane Guitar are bringing diversification to the historic Guitar Ranches.

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A 10-Step Checklist for Buying Rural Property

Buyers are flocking to rural recreational and investment property more than ever. What's behind the feverish land-buying activity?

Buyers of recreational property should consider these 10 tips to make their purchase easier.

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On the Record

Wildlife management software helps landowners record and track white-tailed deer.

Wildlife management software helps landowners record and track white-tailed deer.

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Lost Income or New Opportunity?

Three Producers Discuss the Options for Retired CRP Land

As acreage comes out of the CRP, landowners are facing tough decisions.

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Bringing Fresh Ideas to the Boardroom

As a Land Bank director, a 30-year-old cattleman speaks up for the next generation of farmers and ranchers.

Young director's leadership skills and knowledge of cattle farming bring new perspective to his Farm Credit co-op board.

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Above and Beyond

North Mississippi landowners Ronnie and Neil Young have created an ideal wildlife habitat by following textbook conservation practices.

North Mississippi landowners have created ideal wildlife habitat by following textbook conservation practices.

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A Jump on the Competition

In just a few short years, Texas Rose Horse Park has become a prominent equestrian facility.

In just a few short years, Texas Rose Horse Park has become a prominent equestrian facility.

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A Family Affair

Conservative and hardworking, central Texas’ Young family reinvests its earnings in land. Today, they farm and ranch in five counties.

Conservative and hardworking, central Texas’ Young family reinvests its earnings in land. Today, they farm and ranch in five counties.

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Escape to Brush Country

In the Southwest Texas brush country, four friends have teamed up to breed mule deer and whitetails and share the tranquility of their hunting ranch with wounded warriors.

In the Southwest Texas brush country, four friends have teamed up to breed mule deer and whitetails and share the tranquility of their hunting ranch with wounded warriors.

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Hunting on Camera

Learn how two friends from Hamilton, Texas, landed a show on The Sportsman Channel.

How two friends from Hamilton, Texas, landed a show on The Sportsman Channel

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Advice for Rural Land Buyers

Challenge Your Assumptions Before You Buy

Eight factors that can help determine the property that's right for you

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Better With Age

After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana’s Landry Vineyards comes back stronger than ever.

The saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” couldn’t be more relevant for Louisiana Land Bank customers Jeff and Libby Landry, owners of Landry Vineyards.

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Regeneration on the range

When Deborah Clark and Emry Birdwell started dating 30-some years ago, he took her out to his ranch one evening to introduce her to his pride and joy — his cattle herd.

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Buying Land Long-Distance: What You Need to Know

If you're buying rural property and you can't be there in person, here are several important factors to consider.

If you're buying rural property and you can't be there in person, here are several important factors to consider.

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A Burning Question

Why are more and more landowners considering prescribed burning as a land-management tool?

Why are more and more landowners considering prescribed burning as a land-management tool?

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An Appraiser’s View

Professional rural appraiser Paul Bierschwale offers his perspective on trends and factors affecting the value of rural real estate.

Professional rural appraiser Paul Bierschwale offers his perspective on trends and factors affecting the value of rural real estate.

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The BEST of Both Businesses

At Indian Spring Ranch​, ​Aubrey Lange combines his love of flying with his love for the land.​

In 1998, Landscapes readers were introduced to the Langes, who — with the help of a Federal Land Bank loan — had just completed construction of a lodge on their exotic game ranch in West Texas. Ten years later, the ranch is an established hunting operation that complements the family’s helicopter service.

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PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS: Factors to Consider

Factors to Consider

When Matthew Raff, assistant vice president in Mississippi Land Bank’s Senatobia office, speaks to prospective rural land buyers about property improvements, he shows them before-and-after pictures to illustrate how improvements can change a landscape. “If someone has never bought land before, when they see a raw tract of land, that is all they see,” Raff says. “When we see a piece of property, we can envision it for what it can become. That’s part of the value we add for our customers.”

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Are You Protected?

The Lowdown on Landowner Liability

As a landowner, you face liability risk from all sides. You must comply with state and ...

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A Partnership That Works

Blending years of experience with youthful energy, an uncle and nephew team up to farm North Texas land that’s been in the family for five generations.

Blending years of experience with youthful energy, an uncle and nephew team up to farm North Texas land that’s been in the family for five generations.

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A Legacy of Land of Ownership

Louisiana Farmer Antwain Downs honors the past while planning for the future.

Louisiana Farmer Antwain Downs honors the past while planning for the future.

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Space of His Own

Astronaut Doug Hurley enjoys the best of two different worlds — a ranch in the Texas Hill Country and the thrill of exploring outer space.

Astronaut Doug Hurley enjoys time in the sky, and on his Hill Country retreat.

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Just Add Herbs

With uses from the kitchen to the medicine cabinet, easy-to-grow herbs can be a practical addition to your rural landscape.

If you have finally realized your dream of owning a home in the country and are looking for a new way to put down roots, give herbs a try.

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History Worth Repeating

After 160 Years, a Frontier Farmstead Gets a Second Chance

Anyone who’s ever owned an old house wishes those walls could talk. Sometimes, they reveal their secrets. At one historic farmstead in Norse, Texas, a limestone header was being adjusted recently when out fell a piece of wood carved with the date 1858.

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Keeping a Good Thing Flowing

Through extensive conservation efforts, Jule Richmond has kept a local spring alive, while helping neighboring landowners do the same.

The year 2011 was one of the driest ever for Texas, with a statewide average rainfall of only 14.8 inches.

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Welcome Home

Farm Credit is helping more and more people to make their home in the country.

Ask five friends to describe their dream home in the country, and you’ll probably get five different descriptions. Unlike city subdivisions with their cookie-cutter designs and building restrictions that encourage conformity, rural communities allow homeowners to define their property through their personal lenses.

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Growing Up in a Down Market

With cotton prices at six-year lows, producers around Macon, Miss., could complain about the market or quit growing cotton altogether.

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jessewieners

A young Texas crop producer uses social media to show what it's really like to be a farmer.

When Jesse Wieners talks, people listen. In fact, more than 4,500 folks follow him on Facebook to watch videos about life on his farm. Some months, his Life by the Acre Facebook page has as many as 500,000 engagements.

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Rural Appraisals Go High Tech

Apps, maps, phones and drones help appraisers arrive at accurate property values faster than ever.

Rural appraisers will go a country mile to figure out what your property is worth.

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Diversifying Through Downturns

Despite challenges that have occurred in the timber market since Landscapes visited Cortez Byrd's timber business in 2000, this Mississippi entrepreneur is still in the chips —and logs, and trees, and lumber.

Mississippi entrepreneur Cortez Byrd runs a successful timber business in spite of economic challenges to the forest industry.

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Wisdom in the Wilds

Host of public television show guides viewers through Alabama's natural history and heritage.

Host of public television show guides viewers through Alabama's natural history and heritage.

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Produce in the Trans-Pecos

Where some see a harsh desolate land that seldom receives rain, four brothers saw an opportunity to build and run their own farming business in Far West Texas.

Where some see a harsh desolate land that seldom receives rain, four brothers saw an opportunity to build and run their own farming business in Far West Texas.

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The Ginning Pros

When Aaron Hicks arrived at Floydada Co-op Gins in Texas five years ago as the new general manager, he had his work cut out for him.

When Aaron Hicks arrived at Floydada Co-op Gins in Texas five years ago as the new general manager, he had his work cut out for him.

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Amazing Grace, Astounding Deer

At Mustang Creek Ranch, Bill Grace takes pride in unique and impressive antlers.

When Landscapes visited Mustang Creek Ranch in 1999, the whitetail operation boasted a 225 B&C buck, Rocket. This year, owner Bill Grace hopes his best buck will break 300 B&C.

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Home Sweet Barn

Barndos: It's what's on the inside that counts.

Barndos: It's what's on the inside that counts.

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Feta Is Their Forte

New Mexico is famous for its enchanting landscape, fiery green chile and the neon kitsch along Route 66. Now, it’s earning fame for its feta cheese, too.

New Mexico is famous for its enchanting landscape, fiery green chile and the neon kitsch along Route 66. Now, it’s earning fame for its feta cheese, too.

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How to Keep It in the Family

Long-range planning and communication are key when transferring farm ownership.

Tips for passing property to future generations

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The House That Wren Built

Mississippi timber grower Lovic Wren built his dream home that prominently features 11 distinct types of wood.

Mississippi timber grower Lovic Wren built his dream home that prominently features 11 distinct types of wood.

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Missing Mississippi

The Freemans return to their roots.

After a long career in Chicago, Joe Freeman starts the farm he’s always wanted, in the state he’s always loved.

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Inheriting the Forest

A close family keeps a forest healthy

When a Louisiana couple inherited forestland, they developed a passion for sharing with others how to plan ahead for an easier land transfer.

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Taking the ‘Wild’ Out of Fire

EDWARDS PLATEAU PRESCRIBED BURNING ASSOCIATION

Dr. Charles "Butch" Taylor explains the benefits of controlled burns, even during times of drought.

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A Rural Appraiser makes all the difference

Consult a professional rural appraiser to learn what your agricultural property is really worth.

Consult a professional rural appraiser to learn what your agricultural property is really worth.

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Reducing Your Risk from Wildfire

Proactive steps rural homeowners should consider to minimize risk when facing the threat of wildfire

Proactive steps rural homeowners should consider to minimize risk when facing the threat of wildfire

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JOE LOWERY — The Artful Eye

For this Texas landscape photographer, it's all about light.

Patience truly is a virtue for this talented photographer.

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Back on the Farm

Love of the land brings a former serviceman home again

Love for the land draws a former serviceman back to his agricultural roots.

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One Man's Trash Is Another's Compost

Compost -- manufactured from gin trash -- is the solution to a problem that many cotton ginners face.

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Rangeland Restoration

North Texas Landowner Bruce Berg Is Honored for his Rangeland Conservation and Habitat Improvement Efforts

Bruce Berg transformed his juniper-infested ranch into prime pasture and wildlife habitat. Find out how.

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Water for Wildlife

Design Your Pond to Attract Your Favorite Critters

The Rogers family shares advice for designing ponds to attract different kinds of wildlife.

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Pasture-Raised, Doctor-Approved

Louisiana rancher, restaurateur and cardiologist Dr. Terry King and his family produce beef for the health-conscious consumer.

Louisiana rancher, restauranteur and cardiologist Dr. Terry King and his family produce beef for the health-conscious consumer.

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It’s All About Water

Mississippi row cropper Floyd Anderson conserves water and supports wildlife with his innovative irrigation practices.

Most people know that a plant needs three things to grow properly: soil, sun and water. We learn that in grade school, right? So it comes as no surprise that farmers who grow crops — and even those who raise livestock — focus much of their attention on trying to provide, conserve or enhance those three elements.

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Show and Tell

A Texas Panhandle couple uses social media to share what happens at their family ranch and feedyard.

Amy Kirkland crouches down on the gravel road between rows of cattle pens, her petite frame still dressed for her day job as a school librarian, her hair blowing wildly in the Texas Panhandle wind. She aims her cellphone at a group of sunbathing steers. The shutter clicks.

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Do Pigs Lay Eggs?

A Mississippi Educator Sets the Record Straight on Agriculture

A Mississippi Educator Sets the Record Straight on Agriculture

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A Portable Powerhouse

Humble Sweet Potato Is Nutrition in the Palm of Your Hand.

Humble Sweet Potato Is Nutrition in the Palm of Your Hand.

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News Briefs, Winter 2017

Farm Credit helps ag producers get their start.

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Where every morning is a good morning

Publisher and wildlife photographer David Sams connects with nature on his West Texas hunting ranch.

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Lights, Camera, Potatoes!

National television commercial puts all eyes on these Texas taters.

National television commercial puts all eyes on these Texas taters.

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Six Generations Strong

Resourceful and willing to diversify, Texas’ Gohlke family has built a profitable agricultural operation while financing with Farm Credit for six generations.

In 2011, Mother Nature dealt a severe drought to Texas. Dryland crops withered under extreme heat, feed prices shot sky-high, and ranchers drastically reduced the size of their cattle herds. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists estimated the state’s agricultural losses for the year at $7.2 billion.

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Like a Duck to Water

For Father-Son Farmers and Hunters, Storing Surface Water for Irrigation Is a Natural Choice

A Mississippi father and son are using innovative water conservation techniques to provide irrigated land for both farmer and fowl.

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Better Technology, Better Appraisals

Farm Credit rural property appraisers use the latest technology to do their jobs accurately, efficiently and quickly.

Farm Credit rural property appraisers use the latest technology to do their jobs accurately, efficiently and quickly.

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Cabin in the Country

Retired banker and hobby woodworker Ken Plunk helps craft his ideal rural retreat.

A retired banker builds a rural retreat in Mississippi.

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How to Structure a Hunting Lease Agreement

Before leasing property to hunters, make sure your hunting lease agreement clearly defines your rights and the hunters’ rights.

Before leasing property to hunters, make sure your hunting lease agreement clearly defines your rights and the hunters’ rights.

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How to Structure an Outfitter Agreement

Before you contract with a hunting outfitter, consider these important tips from a property law attorney.

Before you contract with a hunting outfitter, consider these important tips from a property law attorney.

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Hog Heaven for Hunters

When an East Texas family discovers their ranch is overrun by feral hogs, they launch a hunting business.

When an East Texas family discovers their ranch is overrun by feral hogs, they launch a hunting business.

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Happy Pigs Make for Happy Customers

Richardson Farms of Central Texas fills a niche, providing customers with food from gate to plate.

Richardson Farms of central Texas fills a niche, providing customers with food from gate to plate.

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A 97-Year Relationship

Four Generations of the Kasper-Grote-Worrell Family

Four Generations of the Kasper-Grote-Worrell Family

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Diversify

Three West Texas cotton growers explain their 2015 planting decisions.

Three West Texas cotton growers explain their 2015 planting decisions.

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Making a Friend of an Old Foe

Texas Farmer and Rancher Mike McLain Is Turning the Tables to Make Wind Work in His Favor

Rancher Mike McLain welcomes wind turbines to the landscape.

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At the X Bar Ranch, Nature Pays the Bills

The X Bar Ranch has become a haven for outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes.

When Landscapes visited with the Meador family in 2000, they were promoting their sprawling West Texas ranch as a working guest ranch. Since then, they have refocused on outdoor enthusiasts. Now nature tourism, hunting and other outdoor activities pay the bills for the X Bar Ranch.

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Oh, Deer!

Tips for keeping deer away from your prized plants

Consider these tips for keeping deer away from your prized plants.

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Reaching for the Sky

A career in paper products leads Herman Haynes to fulfill his dream of growing trees.

Herman Haynes of Louisiana is fulfilling his lifelong goal of tree farming.

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Right on Target

Shooters flock to the Chicken Ranch

Chicken Ranch Shotgun Sports in northeast Texas offers not one but four shooting sports, plus a pro shop.

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Getting the Right Shot — On Video

Leigh and Travis Creekbaum participate in a reality TV show about hunting.

Reality television has never been so wild!

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Stay Safe

Game Wardens Share Their Timeless Tips

Before your next outdoor excursion, read these stories and tips from Texas game wardens.

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Naturally Good

Consumer demand for organic food is creating big opportunities for small farmers and ranchers.

Consumer demand for organic food is creating big opportunities for small farmers and ranchers. Jackie and Donald King. Photo by Janet Hunter.

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Building Better Cattle

In eastern Mississippi, native Texan Milton Sundbeck is pursuing a dream — producing top-quality Ultrablack seedstock for use in herds around the world.

In eastern Mississippi, native Texan Milton Sundbeck is pursuing a dream — producing top-quality Ultrablack seedstock for use in herds around the world.

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Put It in Writing

When Leasing Pasture, a Handshake Isn't Enough

When leasing pasture, a handshake isn't enough.

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A Hero Helping Heroes

Marine Capt. Lee Stuckey uses “screened porch therapy” on his Alabama farm to help veterans living with PTSD.

Marine Capt. Lee Stuckey uses “screened porch therapy” on his South Alabama farm to help veterans living with PTSD.

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A Niche in Corn and Cattle

George Harrington finds success farming and ranching in Oklahoma and Texas.

With land on both sides of the Red River, George Harrington has found success farming and ranching in two states.

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Game for a New Business

Quail Production Proves Profitable for Retired Alabama Dairy Farmers

Quail Production Proves Profitable for Retired Alabama Dairy Farmers. close-up of a quail in hand.

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Raising Cane

One of Louisiana’s Oldest Industries Has Its Roots in Louisiana’s Sugar Belt

One of Louisiana’s Oldest Industries Has Its Roots in Louisiana’s Sugar Belt

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Come Hail or No Water

A Family’s Farming Legacy Continues for Four Generations

Through hard work and determination, Dr. Charles Graham became an agricultural entrepreneur and a pivotal voice in the Texas livestock industry.

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The House They Always Wanted

After an ambitious remodeling project, a Texas couple has plenty of space for family, friends and hobbies.

After an ambitious remodeling project, a Texas couple has plenty of space for family, friends and hobbies.

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In His Father's Footsteps

A Young Mississippi Cattle Producer Carries on the Family Tradition

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A Gin is Born

From talking it up to starting it up, a group of Mississippi farmers built a new cotton gin in seven months.

From talking it up to starting it up, a group of Mississippi farmers built a new cotton gin in seven months.

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Making an Entrance

Rural Entrances Put Pride and Purpose on Display.

Rural Entrances Put Pride and Purpose on Display.

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The 4-1-1 on 1031s

Tax-deferred property exchanges could save you big dollars when you sell your property. But a few missteps can break the deal.

Learn the ins and outs of tax-deferred property exchanges, commonly known as 1031 exchanges.

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Never Too Old For New Technology

102-Year-Old Farmer Reflects on Farm Credit's Positive Impact

This July, when the Farm Credit System marks its 100th anniversary, Elmo Snelling of Edmonson, Texas, will celebrate an even greater milestone, his 102nd birthday.

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The Family That Farms Together, Stays Together

Louisiana's five Marsh brothers have farmed together successfully and amicably for three decades.

Lifelong farming partners, Louisiana’s five Marsh brothers share a strong work ethic, deep camaraderie and love of agriculture.

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Called to Serve Agriculture

Longtime Employees, Directors Share Why They’re So Passionate About Farm Credit

For many Farm Credit employees and directors, working for their cooperative lender is more than a job. It's an opportunity to serve the people who put food on our tables and clothes on our backs.

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Tax Strategy Is an Easy Sell

A 1031 EXCHANGE CAN DEFER CAPITAL GAINS TAXES WHEN SELLING, REINVESTING IN RURAL PROPERTY

A 1031 EXCHANGE CAN DEFER CAPITAL GAINS TAXES WHEN SELLING, REINVESTING IN RURAL PROPERTY

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Negotiating an Oil & Gas Lease

Five Key Issues to Consider

Five Key Issues to Consider

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Tapping Into Smart Financial Solutions

Young brewery owners apply business savvy to buying a country home.

Young brewery owners apply business savvy to buying a country home.

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Off to a STRONG START

Top young producers offer advice to other young farmers starting out.

Young Producers Share Tips for Success

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Texas Tough

Demand for the bigtooth maple and other hardy native trees has resulted in an unexpected nursery business for a retired couple.

Growing bigtooth maples and other natives leads to a thriving business for a Texas nursery.

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The Root of a Sweet Potato Farmer’s Success

What started as a high school project for Darrin Vance is now a full-time farming operation.

Even as a kid, Darrin Vance knew he didn't want to sit around inside. Before he was old enough to go to school, he would wait along the road near his house to hitch a ride out to the fields.

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A Num6ers Guy

Mississippi farmer Gary Jamerson uses his ag lending experience and strong propensity for mathematics to his agricultural advantage.

Mississippi farmer Gary Jamerson uses his ag lending experience and strong propensity for mathematics to his agricultural advantage.

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The OUTDOOR Evangelist

As both a well-known TV personality and a Capital Farm Credit customer dedicated to habitat conservation, Warren — who started in 1982 as host of Fishing Texas and later The Texas Angler — wants to el...

As both a well-known TV personality and a Capital Farm Credit customer dedicated to habitat conservation, Warren — who started in 1982 as host of Fishing Texas and later The Texas Angler — wants to el...

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A Southern Experience

Mississippi's Galena Plantation Offers Old-Style Hunts and Down-Home Cooking

As a boy growing up in the 1940s, Tom Lester and his father often quail hunted the back roads around their farm in southern Mississippi.

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High Cotton for Grape Growers

High Plains farmers are diversifying into grape production to supply the rapidly growing Texas wine industry.

The demand for winegrapes in the Lone Star State is bringing new business into the Texas high plains.

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Safe Shelter

Taking Refuge in the Eye of the Storm

For many families, a storm shelter no longer is a luxury. Storm shelters are becoming must-have features that buyers say are well worth the investment.

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All Squared Away

A couple finds their niche growing alfalfa hay in the Texas Panhandle.

Wade Alexander couldn’t wait to leave the Levelland, Texas, cotton farm where he grew up. He respected the work both of his grandfathers did, but decided early on that it wasn’t for him.

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A Vision Realized

Amanda and Colby Hatchett are reaping the rewards of restoring a once-productive farm to its past splendor.

Looking past the “For Sale” sign staked alongside a county road, Amanda Hatchett and her husband, Colby, each saw something very different in the expanse of property before them.

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Take Your Pick

At Panola Orchard and Gardens in East Texas, you can pick the blueberries yourself or let the experts do it for you.

It’s a drizzly, dreary April morning at Panola Orchard and Gardens near De Berry in East Texas, not the sort of day most people would choose for berry-picking.

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News Briefs, Summer 2017

Advocate for Latino Ag Students Inducted Into Farm Credit Bank of Texas Academy of Honor.

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In Touch With Your Lender

Communication between borrower and lender is key, especially during tough times.

Times are lean for some farmers and ranchers, and the trend may continue for a few years.

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Never A Missed Opportunity

For Louisiana’s Earles family, a variety of business entities, from a flying service to a land-grading company, helps them weather the risk in farming.

With record flooding and relatively low commodity prices, 2016 has not been a good year for many Louisiana farmers. But year in and year out, John Earles Sr. and John Earles Jr., who grow sugarcane, rice and soybeans near Bunkie, have found ways to keep their ag operation thriving.

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Connecting the Wild Country to the World

A Family-Owned Business Keeps Remote West Texas Communities in Communication.

Life can be lonely in the Big Bend country of far West Texas. The region is among the most rugged and remote areas in the nation.

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A Ranching Legacy

Five Generations of the Todd-Nix Family

Growing up during the 1950s drought in Hemphill County in the northern Texas Panhandle, William D. “Bill” Nix Jr. learned early on not to complain about tough times on the family ranch.

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Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives Program Honors Nation's Ag Leaders

One hundred visionaries who are changing rural communities and agriculture for the better received special recognition this year through the Farm Credit 100 Fresh Perspectives program — part of Farm Credit's centennial celebration.

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Reclaiming Their Heritage

For a Louisiana Family, Agritourism and Old-Fashioned Methods Are Regenerating the Farm

When life gives you lemons, make organic, locally sourced lemonade. That kind of thinking is bringing new life to a 90-year-old farm in northwest Louisiana.

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Rural Lending Specialist to the Rescue

A Texas Panhandle couple learns the benefits of financing their country home and acreage with Farm Credit.

When you’re in the market for a new home, finding your ideal house — in the right location and at the right price — can be a challenge.

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Learning Life Lessons on a Cattle Ranch

New to raising cattle, a Texas Panhandle couple turns their ranching dream into reality with financing and coaching from their Farm Credit lender.

A Texas Panhandle couple turns their ranching dream into reality.

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The Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) Board of Directors welcomed two new members this year — John L. “Jack” Dailey of Extension, La., and Dorothy Nichols of Reston, Va.

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A new gin opens in the Texas Panhandle as the state’s cotton acreage expands northward.

A new gin opens in the Texas Panhandle as the state’s cotton acreage expands northward.

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When the bell rings, special education teacher Jody Higgins is off to rope cattle or harvest hay.

When the bell rings, special education teacher Jody Higgins is off to rope cattle or harvest hay.

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When opportunity knocks

Beginning farmers Ryan and Zach Berry keep overhead low while growing their farming operation on the Texas High Plains.

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Hunters: Your dream hunts here

Tim and Kim Horton built the perfect hunting getaway with financing from Alabama Farm Credit.

Tim and Kim Horton built the perfect hunting getaway with financing from Alabama Farm Credit.

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Easing the LIBOR transition

A common index for short-term, variable-rate loans is going away. Here’s what to know about Farm Credit’s alternatives.

A common index for short-term, variable-rate loans is going away. Here’s what to know about Farm Credit’s alternatives.

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A recipe for success

A central Louisiana farm family finds a growing market for their salsa with a Cajun kick.

A central Louisiana farm family finds a growing market for their salsa with a Cajun kick.

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Pure paradise

A Texas couple trades the suburbs for country living and longhorn cattle.

A Texas couple trades the suburbs for country living and longhorn cattle.

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A place to grow

After a long search, a young couple finds the perfect place to raise children and horses.

After a long search, a young couple finds the perfect place to raise children and horses.

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Right on cue

North Mississippi barbecue pro Malcom Reed turns his weekend hobby into a social-media sensation.

North Mississippi barbecue pro Malcom Reed turns his weekend hobby into a social-media sensation.

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Move Over, Propane — A New Fuel Rules the Roost

A New Fuel Rules the Roost

A New Fuel Rules the Roost. Using his technical background in the military, Mississippi broiler producer John Logan developed a ...

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Putting down roots

The operation uses the latest and most efficient irrigation practices, while also using the farm’s renewable resources for compost and dry earth potting matter, which is native topsoil mixed with aged pine bark.

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Getting started

Just east of Duck Creek in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, husband and wife Kody Beavers and Melanie Netterville are busy planting corn, soybeans, cotton and a future together in agriculture.

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Sold on the Cattle Business

Northeast Texas cattleman Joe Don Pogue lives his lifelong dream.

Northeast Texas cattleman Joe Don Pogue lives his lifelong dream.

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Friendship Is Always a Good Idea

Inventors of the Rakehand appreciate the support of their friends in Brenham and Bellville, Texas.

Inventors of the Rakehand appreciate the support of their friends in Brenham and Bellville, Texas.

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Get the Credit You Deserve

What to know before you apply for a loan

Find out what you need to know before applying for a loan.

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A Benchmark for Breeding

Texas ranch produces quality deer through proven genetics and solid herd management practices.

Texas ranch produces quality deer through proven genetics and solid herd management practices.

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Born With Horse Sense

Breeding and training show horses is a full-time business for Louisiana horsewoman Chele Murrell.

As soon as she could, Chele McGauly Murrell firmly pronounced what would become her lifelong passion.

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A Rest for Racehorses

At Channon Farm, thoroughbreds can take a mental break from the track and enjoy just being horses.

Nervous, jittery and out of sorts, racehorses arrive at Channon Farm near Doyline, La., for a well-deserved break from the track. By the time their lay-up sessions end a few weeks later, they are decidedly more relaxed.

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Growing by Leaps and Bounds

For the owners of Tipps 5T Ranch, deer breeding has grown from a modest hobby into a thriving business.

For the owners of Tipps 5T Ranch, deer breeding has grown from a modest hobby into a thriving business.

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Bred to Buck

It takes top genetics and big feed bills to produce bovine athletes that can "wow" rodeo audiences for 8 seconds a week.

It takes top genetics and big feed bills to produce bovine athletes that can "wow" rodeo audiences for 8 seconds a week.

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A Family Show

At the Double Horseshoe Ranch, each family member contributes to the operation's success.

At the Double Horseshoe Ranch, each family member contributes to the operation's success

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The Breeding of Champions

A northeast Texas breeding service offers the latest technology to cattle and deer operations.

Advanced technology and modern machinery have drastically changed the way ranchers do business

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A GOLDEN Opportunity

Whether it’s for cooking oil, feed or biodiesel, canola potentially offers north Alabama farmers a new alternate crop.

Whether it’s for cooking oil, feed or biodiesel, canola potentially offers north Alabama farmers a new alternate crop.

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The Fearless Chef

Loan officer wins cooking on first attempt at gumbo.

Loan officer wins cooking on first attempt at gumbo.

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Canine Classroom

What started as a hobby is now a thriving business for Mississippi dog trainer Steve Vires.

What Started as a hobby is now a thriving business for Mississippi dog trainer Steve Vires.

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The Natural Stockman

With little change in ranching practices, Rob Beard and his wife, Bunny, are receiving a premium for their grass-fed beef.

With little change in ranching practices, Rob Beard and his wife, Bunny, are receiving a premium for their grass-fed-beef.

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Classic Cajun

Louisiana's famous rice and crawfish are the soul of Gerard and Dana Frey's expanding business.

Louisiana's famous rice and crawfish are the soul of Gerard and Dana Frey's expanding business.

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On Point

At Mississippi’s Covey Rise Plantation, raising champion dogs is not for the birds.

At Covey Rise Plantation, two Mississippi doctors are raising champion bird dogs.

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Looking Out for You

Farm Credit directors go to school on issues that could affect your Farm Credit co-op.

The annual Director Development Program helps Farm Credit directors stay informed about banking and co-op issues.

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Gabriel's Gift

Businessman and rancher Ron Gabriel shares his experience through his service on the Legacy Ag Credit board.

Businessman and rancher Ron Gabriel shares his experience through his service on the Legacy Ag Credit board.

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The Working Man’s Ranch

Whatever your budget, you will find a warm welcome at Dos Plumas Hunting Ranch.

Whatever your budget, you will find a warm welcome at Dos Plumas Hunting Ranch.

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High Scores for Low Stress

With a focus on safe and careful deer handling, Arrowhead Creek Ranch is quickly building a herd of top-quality whitetails.

Arrowhead Creek Ranch has found the key to happy, healthy whitetails.

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Busy as Bees

Walker Honey Company offers a lesson in diversity.

Dr. Clint Walker carries around a series of schedules and calendars in his head. He can tell you when almond trees are budding in California. He knows when cotton crops will be blooming in Texas.

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Going With the Grain

A family that grows and mills rice finds new markets for one of world’s staple foods.

A family that grows and mills rice finds new markets for one of world’s staple foods.

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Behooved to Help

As a foster family with Habitat for Horses, Joe and Karen Thomas nurture abused and neglected horses back to good health and new homes.

As a foster family with Habitat for Horses, Joe and Karen Thomas nurture abused and neglected horses back to good health and new homes.

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Giving the Grain of Life

Rice Mills Join Forces to Help Feed Haiti Earthquake Victims

Louisiana growers and millers donate rice to Haiti’s earthquake survivors.

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An Amazing Ride

A lifelong horse-lover shares her Texas Hill Country ranch with horseback riders and wagon drivers.

A lifelong horse-lover shares her Texas Hill Country ranch with horseback riders and wagon drivers.

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Gates, Gaps and Guards

Bringing Form & Function to the Farm

Learn about an array of gate designs, ranging from fancy to functional, to keep animals in and trespassers out.

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Success Is in the Bag

​A Hondo, Texas, family brings robots to the deer corn business.

When Landscapes Magazine featured Mark and William Reus in 2002, their deer corn business was growing. They were selling more than 150,000 bags a year. Today, that number has almost quadrupled. They have added automated equipment to increase efficiency. Two more family members have joined the business. And they are in the process of a major expansion.

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A Can-Do Spirit

From logging to raising chickens and cattle, Mississippi’s Lovett family is willing to do what it takes to succeed.

From logging to raising chickens and cattle, Mississippi’s Lovett family is willing to do what it takes to succeed.

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17 Tips for Getting Started in Agriculture

It's tough to get started in agriculture: Most young and beginning farmers and ranchers just don't have the capital to start on their own. They may lack other resources, as well.

It's tough to get started in agriculture: Most young and beginning farmers and ranchers just don't have the capital to start on their own. They may lack other resources, as well.

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It's Crawfish Time!

In Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, brothers Brant and Jason Lamm have grown a successful business, taking crawfish from the pond to the plate.

In Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, brothers Brant and Jason Lamm have grown a successful business, taking crawfish from the pond to the plate.

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Keeping It in the Family

The Lasting Legacy of the T.E. Winters C Bar Ranch

Driving through the sleepy Central Texas town of Lometa, you might get the impression that not much has changed here in a while. But between Lometa and Goldthwaite lies a three-generation ranching legacy that counts change as the very reason for its longevity. For the Winters family, seizing new opportunities has proven to be a smart strategy for holding on to the one venture that really matters — the ranch.

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Making Milk on the High Plains

Innovation and attention to detail are keys to success for Harry and Margret DeWit.

Innovation and attention to detail are keys to success for Harry and Margret DeWit.

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Drop by Drop

Drip Irrigation Helps Put the Water Where It’s Needed Most

Backed by their Farm Credit lender, South Plains cotton farmers Russ Stanley and Jeffrey Kitten believe that spending money to save water will pay off in the long run — in more ways than one.

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Liquid Gold

Mississippi family's sweet sorghum syrup captures old-fashioned flavor in a bottle.

Mississippi family's sweet sorghum syrup captures old-fashioned flavor in a bottle.

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Money Matters: Save or Spend?

Factors to Consider When You Have Extra Income

Factors to consider when you have extra income

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Second Time Around

When a Texas couple needed financing for their cattle operation, they came back to Farm Credit.

When a Texas couple needed financing, they came back to Farm Credit.

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What's In A Name

For Clint & Sons, it's quality custom meat processing and jerky making.

For Clint & Sons, it's quality custom meat processing and jerky making.

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Ten Tips for Building a Fish-Friendly Lake

A well-designed and well-constructed fishing lake will increase a property’s value and provide good fishing.

A well-designed and well-constructed fishing lake will increase a property’s value and provide good fishing.

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Up to the Challenge

Louisiana's top young farming couple for 2015 strives to be their best on and off the farm.

Louisiana's top young farming couple for 2015 strives to be their best on and off the farm.

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Treating 'em Right

Wildlife and customers alike are right at home at the WB Ranch.

At the WB Ranch in Texas, customers can hunt, fish, cycle, dine by candlelight and enjoy first-class accommodations.

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Blooming Big

Seville Farms Finds a Niche in the Nursery Industry

Seville Farms Finds a Niche in the Nursery Industry.

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The Other Side of the Tracks

How Railroads Impacted Rural America

How Railroads Impacted Rural America.

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Young Speaks Up For Agriculture

Louisiana cotton farmer Ray Young advocates for Farm Credit and agriculture, locally and nationally.

Louisiana cotton farmer Ray Young advocates for Farm Credit and agriculture, locally and nationally.

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Passion for Preservation

In the span of one century, rural America witnessed the amazing evolution of agricultural equipment. Today, Farm Credit customers across the country are helping to preserve this history by collecting and restoring machines that moved the industry from horses to horsepower.

In the span of one century, rural America witnessed the amazing evolution of agricultural equipment. Today, Farm Credit customers across the country are helping to preserve this history by collecting and restoring machines that moved the industry from horses to horsepower.

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Raising Calves on the Side

Flores family members successfully combine off-ranch careers with raising club calves.

By word of mouth, the Flores family's 76 Cattle Company in the heart of South Texas ranch country has developed a loyal stream of customers who come from throughout the state to buy their specialty ca...

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Sanctuary in the Woods

The opportunity to appear in a reality TV program gives a Nashville family incentive to build their long-awaited Mississippi log home.

The opportunity to appear in a reality TV program gives a Nashville family incentive to build their long-awaited Mississippi log home.

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Made for Farmers, Owned by Farmers

The Story of Farm Credit, Rural America's Cooperative Lender.

When W.S. and Mary Smith of Grayson County, Texas, signed their loan with the Van Alstyne National Farm Loan Association (NFLA) on May 22, 1917, it is doubtful they realized they were making history.

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Rolling on the River

Poultry farmer Greg Young makes good use of the Tallapoosa River flowing through his family’s farm.

Poultry farmer Greg Young makes good use of the Tallapoosa River flowing through his family’s farm.

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Top of the Class

AgTexas Director Dr. Danny Klinefelter named a top ag influence

AgTexas Director Dr. Danny Klinefelter named a top ag influence

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Barndo Living

Visit four different multi-purpose homes and their owners.

Visit four different multi-purpose homes and their owners.

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Barndo Basics

Building a barndominium presents different considerations than building a conventional home. Barndo owners offer building tips.

Building a barndominium presents different considerations than building a conventional home. Barndo owners offer building tips.

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Why Not Wagyu?

A Texas rancher is sharing his enthusiasm for Japanese cattle beyond the state's borders.

A Texas rancher is sharing his enthusiasm for Japanese cattle beyond the state's borders.

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Preparing for Takeoff

A young farmer builds his operation with help from flying, trucking and custom-farming jobs.

A young farmer builds his operation with help from flying, trucking and custom-farming jobs.

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Liquid Assets

A State-of-the-Art Irrigation System Designed to Maximize Returns

A State-of-the-Art Irrigation System Designed to Maximize Returns

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A "Berry" Important Legacy

Two longtime farming families are doing their part to keep the Louisiana strawberry industry alive.

Two longtime farming families are doing their part to keep the Louisiana strawberry industry alive.

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Are You Ready to Serve?

Farm Credit associations welcome new faces on their boards and committees.

Farm Credit associations welcome new faces on their boards and committees.

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Tips for Managing Through Challenging Times

Farm Credit Loan Officers Give Practical Advice

If there's a silver lining to the severe drought of 2011, it's that most producers are better positioned to handle adversity than in the past.

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Changing With the Times

Diversification has been key to G&H Seed Company's success.

Diversification has been key to G&H Seed Company's success.

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Female Farmers Only

From full-time ranch operators to small, beginning farmers, women are learning risk management skills and building networks through Annie’s Project.

From full-time ranch operators to small, beginning farmers, women are learning risk management skills and building networks through Annie’s Project.

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Shear Determination

The persistence of two Texas brothers has kept their family in agricultural production and expanded their operation.

The persistence of two Texas brothers has kept their family in agricultural production and expanded their operation.

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Sweeter Than Wine

A Waco couple lives their dream of running a winery — with a little help from their friends.

Serving up handcrafted wines is a dream come true for Ulf and Inga-Lill Westblom.

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Branching Beyond Football

Former Auburn University coach’s new life is the country life

Life on the farm, not the football field, proves to suit former Auburn University coach Pat Dye just fine.

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Angling for Success

Bass Fishing Pro Homer Humphreys Earns His Living on the Water

For some, Louisiana’s Lake Bistineau is beautiful and mysterious. For pro fisherman Homer Humphreys, it's just another day at the office.

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Don't Be Ticked Off

If you hunt where the cattle fever tick resides, make sure you leave the tick behind.

If you hunt where the cattle fever tick resides, make sure you leave the tick behind.

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Selling the Fruits & Veggies of Their Labor

For vegetable growers Bob and Kathy Stoltzfus, life on the farm — and at the farmers market — beats their old 8-to-5 routine.

For vegetable growers Bob and Kathy Stoltzfus, life on the farm -- and at the farmers market -- beats their old 8-to-5 routine.

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Nancy Pellett Inducted Into Academy of Honor

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News Briefs

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Wally's Other World

Former NASCAR driver retires to farm

Former NASCAR racer Wally Dallenbach Jr. talks about his Texas Hill Country retreat and the Wally Dallenbach Jr. Foundation, Capital Farm Credit.

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MONEY MATTERS Needs or Wants?

In a tough economy, be wise about your investments

Financial experts offer their advice for smart investing.

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One Lender, Many Options

When you’re financing a country home, no one is better equipped to help than Farm Credit.

Two years ago, Blake and Amanda Meadows visited their local mortgage company, sure that within days they would be approved for a loan to build a home on their 22-acre raw timber tract in Matthews, Ala. Instead they spent the next eight months jumping through hoops with no loan in sight. The couple switched to a commercial bank, but encountered the same scenario — low appraisals, a lack of understanding of how to value the acreage and future home, and no loan.

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In the Wind: Resources for Rural Living, Summer 2017

Your chance to be a part of the 2017 Census of Agriculture is coming soon. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail census questionnaires to farm and ranch operators through December 2017 to collect data for the current calendar year.

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Sweet Farm Alabama

Miguel Otero, a 2015 Small Hispanic Farmer of the Year award winner, considers his greatest achievement the farm he built from scratch.

On a fateful day 10 years ago, Florida resident Miguel Otero headed north across the state line into Alabama to check out some land where he could start his first farm since emigrating from Cuba as a youngster.

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Stronger Than Ever

As Farm Credit wraps up a year of celebrating its 100-year anniversary, we are focused on ensuring that we are well positioned to support agriculture and rural communities with reliable and consistent credit for the next 100 years.

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A Spirited Venture

Texas grain farmer John Sawyer found a new market for his corn and wheat at a local whiskey distillery.

When Central Texas farmer John Sawyer sits down to enjoy a juicy steak, he doesn’t know if the beef on his plate was produced with corn from his family’s farm.

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Spicing Things Up

New Ideas Open Markets for Innovative New Mexico Chile Processor Seco Spice

Something magical happens every year in the Land of Enchantment, where the flavor of fall is preserved in dried red chile that’s prized across the Southwest.

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In the Bag

Eastern Mississippi’s Southern Seed & Feed is growing alongside the farmers it serves.

Every town has its heartbeat. Whether it’s a town hall, barbershop, general store or restaurant, there’s always a hub around which the community revolves.

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An Old Lender for Young Borrowers

When a young Texas farmer needed financing for his new farm, his best option was a seasoned lender.

When a young Texas farmer needed financing for his new farm, his best option was a seasoned lender.

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Farming with Precision

Bank board chairman discusses innovations that are transforming technology-driven agriculture and Farm Credit.

Bank board chairman discusses innovations that are transforming technology-driven agriculture and Farm Credit.

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What's in the Future for Agriculture?

As we celebrate our centennial and all of the changes that the Farm Credit System and agriculture have seen in the past century, it's hard to imagine what the future will hold.

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Bred to Last

Chiefline Red Angus traces its success to the genetics developed nearly 75 years ago.

When meat scientist Dr. Mark Miller was a 16-year-old FFA member on the hunt for his next show steer, something caused him to take a little detour.

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Grape Expectations

Half an acre at a time, Army veteran Stephen Watson is pursuing his goal of growing grapes near the Central Texas ranch where he grew up.

Stephen Watson was just six months into his first tour of duty in Iraq when the epiphany hit: He no longer wanted the military career he had envisioned for himself for so long. He wanted to return to his roots, to the land in Coleman, Texas, where as a kid he had helped his dad run cattle.

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Financing Wine From the Ground Up

Farm Credit products help vineyards and wineries get started or keep growing.

Once upon a time, wine appreciation meant savoring color, flavor and bouquet. These days it’s hard to take a sip without also admiring the growing industry.

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Home in a Barn

A Mississippi couple converted a beloved family barn into an unlikely home.

Tony and Sandra Parker had to be just a little bit crazy to even consider the renovation project they were about to launch.

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Panhandle Ag Leader Inducted Into Farm Credit Academy of Honor

Spearman, Texas, farmer and rancher Jon “Mike” Garnett was inducted into the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) Academy of Honor at the bank’s 2018 annual stockholders meeting on April 5.

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Glen R. Smith Appointed to FCA Board

Iowa farmer Glen R. Smith was sworn in on Dec. 14 as a board member of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), which is the government entity that regulates the Farm Credit System. He was appointed to a term that expires in 2022.

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Swine of the Times

Mississippi’s Home Place Pastures is creating a stir in the South’s foodie community with its pasture-raised pork.

Fifth-generation Mississippi farmer produces local, pasture-grown meats.

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A Smart Start

It’s not easy to start a farming career on the edge of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, but for Todd Kimbrell, the secret was to start small, expand gradually and stay on top of technology.

Loan guarantees help a young corn grower get started farming near Dallas

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Their Dream Farm

Buying one parcel of land at a time, a Mississippi couple assembled the farm they’d dreamed about for 24 years.

A Mississippi couple finances their dream farm with the help Farm Credit.

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Farm Credit lenders identify factors to consider before you shop.

Farm Credit lenders identify factors to consider before you shop.

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Glen R. Smith was designated chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), the Farm Credit System’s regulator, effective July 17.

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Bernard House

Cassie Condrey transforms a 19th-century home into a place for guests in small-town Louisiana.

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The long way home

This Louisiana-based timber business got a late start, but found a successful model based on family.

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Wedding bells and shotgun shells

In Alabama, one family makes it possible to get married, host a soiree and shoot a few rounds of sporting clays … all at the same location.

In Alabama, one family makes it possible to get married, host a soiree and shoot a few rounds of sporting clays … all at the same location.

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In tune with nature

Careful planning turns a South Texas property into a peaceful haven for people and wildlife

Careful planning turns a South Texas property into a peaceful haven for people and wildlife

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Blue-ribbon Red Angus: Vowell Family

For the Vowell family of Mississippi, improving genetics and expanding into Oklahoma are a winning combination.

For the Vowell family of Mississippi, improving genetics and expanding into Oklahoma are a winning combination

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Closer to home

Legendary MLB relief pitcher Lee Smith finds happiness on the farm.

Legendary MLB relief pitcher Lee Smith finds happiness on the farm.

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New practices revitalize an old ranch

Combining no-till practices with cover crops revitalize an old ranch

When Carl and Emily Whitworth took over his grandfather’s ag operation near Doole in west-central Texas, they knew they would have to make some changes.

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Working with the land, naturally

Carl Pepper works the land naturally

A founding member of the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative, Pepper and other organic cotton growers follow practices that are different than conventional growers use.

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Del Rio Dairy eyes a greener future

Liz and Rocky Gingg decided their operation could turn cow manure into revenue, projected to generate more than 1 million gallons of renewable natural gas annually.

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Pass It Along

The first step in transferring property is to make a plan.

By age 40, Frank and Jeannie Burton were already planning ahead for the unexpected.

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A Good Deal for Rural America

Farm Credit Bank of Texas CEO Larry Doyle explains why Farm Credit is the best financial partner for rural America.

Farm Credit Bank of Texas CEO Larry Doyle explains why Farm Credit is the best financial partner for rural America.

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Fine Wine & Earth Kind

Red Caboose Winery Takes the Lead in Going Green

Red Caboose Winery Takes the Lead in Going Green

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Discovering Alabama

Additional images of the Ecology Weekend Science Program

Dr. Doug Phillips has been acting as public television viewers’ virtual guide to his state for almost 30 years on “Discovering Alabama.”

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International Year of Cooperatives

In rural America and around the world, the cooperative business model is guided by seven principles that put people first.

In rural America and around the world, the cooperative business model is guided by seven principles that put people first.

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News Briefs, Winter 2012

Get the latest news updates for Winter 2012.

Farm Credit Supports Grain Producer Indemnity Fund

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Foraging for Results

How a New Mexico Dairy Is Surviving Tough Times

How a New Mexico dairy is surviving through tough times

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News Briefs, Summer 2008

Brief news items from Summer 2008 about the Farm Credit community.

Brief news items from Summer 2008 about the Farm Credit community.

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Co-ops Make the World a Better Place

2012 has been proclaimed International Year of Cooperatives.

2012 has been proclaimed International Year of Cooperatives

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Inventing All the Time

Inventing is a way of life for farmers Jerrell and Russell Harden in Brundidge, Ala., who have 13 patents between them and more in the works.

Inventing is a way of life for farmers Jerrell and Russell Harden in Brundidge, Ala., who have 13 patents between them and more in the works.

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Lending Lingo

Terms You Need to Know When Buying Rural Real Estate

Understand the terminology involved in buying rural real estate.

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Farm Credit Launches New Website

New Farm Credit launches new website; Lending to Young, Beginning Farmers is up; Young leaders visit Washington and New York to learn about Farm Credit; Farm Credit Bank issues $300 million of preferr...

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Cracking a New Nut

With support from their lender and mentoring by a veteran grower, two businessmen break into the Texas pecan industry.

With support from their lender and mentoring by a veteran grower, two businessmen break into the Texas pecan industry.

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No Middle Man Here

For more than a century, the DiIorio family has farmed successfully, marketing directly to the consumer.

For more than a century, the DiIorio family has farmed successfully, marketing directly to the consumer.

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Spirit of Cooperation

Alabama and Texas cotton growers save by sharing equipment

Alabama and Texas cotton growers save by sharing equipment.

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Grist for the Mill

A family-owned feed operation makes market trends and weather events part of its formula for success.

A family-owned feed operation makes market trends and weather events part of its formula for success.

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Like Birds of a Feather

The Lester family stuck together to build one of the largest family-run poultry operations in Texas.

The Lester family stuck together to build one of the largest family-run poultry operations in Texas. "Do you want to be in business next ...

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A Treasured Forest

The 2009 Alabama Outstanding Tree Farmers share their farm with others in the name of education.

“Is it good or bad to cut down a tree?” When Alabama tree farmers Salem and Dianne Saloom pose this question to the 150 fifth-graders visiting their farm, they are quickly met with a resounding “BAD!!” With their answer, the Salooms know they have a long day ahead, explaining how harvesting trees for timber can be a good thing, and why conservation and stewardship are the keys to keeping the industry strong.

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Aim for a Safe Hunt

Beware the Five Leading Causes of Hunting Accidents

Know the five main factors that often contribute to hunting accidents.

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Investing in Rural America

Investing in Rural America

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Second Homes

The New Investment Option

If you are considering buying a vacation retreat or second home, you are not alone. A study last year by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) revealed a record 2.82 million second-home sales in 2004, up 16.3 percent from 2003. In fact, nearly a fourth of all homes purchased last year were for investment, and another 13 percent were for vacation homes.

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More Cotton with Less Water

San Angelo's John Wilde Earns High Cotton Award.

San Angelo's John Wilde Earns High Cotton Award.

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Cotton Pickin’ Pumpkins

At Alabama's Tate Farms, Pumpkins Attract Over 45,000 Visitors Every Fall.

Open to the public for six weeks each fall, Tate Farms Cotton Pickin' Pumpkins sells 35 to 40 different varieties of pumpkins and offers numerous family ...

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Smart Women, Smart Planning

5 Things Every Woman (and Man) Should Know About Estate Planning

Five things that every woman (and man) should know about estate planning.

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12 Best Practices of Highly Effective Farmers

Consider the habits and decisions that separate the top producers from the rest.

Danny Klinefelter shares his "best practices" ideas and examples for good farm management.

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The Power of Choice

A Texas couple is using solar energy to heat, cool and light their country home.

A Texas couple is using solar energy to heat, cool and light their country home.

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Good Things Come In Bunches

For the owner of Texas's Diamante Doble Vineyards, growing grapes beats farming other crops.

For the owner of Diamante Doble Vineyards, growing grapes beats farming other crops.

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Advice for the First-Time Loan Applicant

Be organized and start preparing early.

In some urban areas today, real estate is a seller's market. With numerous buyers lined up for one property, you can miss out on the home of your dreams without a loan preapproval in hand.

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Tough Enough

Ranching on the edge of the Palo Duro Canyon requires tough cowboys and even tougher cattle.

For the McPherson family, Corrientes are the perfect cattle breed to raise in the tough Palo Duro Canyon.

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Teamwork

For six decades, this Texas cattle-raising, rice-farming family has put needs over wants to keep their farm running efficiently.

For six decades, the Texas cattle-raising, rice-farming family has put needs over wants to keep their farm running efficiently.

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Olive Industry Ripens in Texas

Texas Olive Ranch 100% Texan Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Texas grown and bottled, is the first of its kind to hit grocery store shelves.

Texas Olive Ranch 100% Texan Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Texas grown and bottled, is the first of its kind to hit grocery store shelves.

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A Zeal for Zoysia

On one of the sports world's biggest stages - the Summer Olympic Games - turf grower David Doguet hopes to shine a spotlight on zoysia grass.

On one of the sports world's biggest stages - the Summer Olympic Games - turf grower David Doguet hopes to shine a spotlight on zoysia grass.

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Tall in the Saddle

Dr. Charles Graham became an agricultural entrepreneur and a pivotal voice in the Texas livestock industry.

Through hard work and determination, Dr. Charles Graham became an agricultural entrepreneur and a pivotal voice in the Texas livestock industry.

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A Rare Breed

Bobby Lide is hoping to help put Black Herefords on the map and in American cow herds.

Bobby Lide is hoping to help put Black Herefords on the map and in American cow herds.

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Shooting for 240 – B&C, That Is

Scientific deer breeder Vernon Mosley raises cattle and cutting horses and grows timber, but it’s his genetically outstanding deer herd that pays the bills.

Scientific deer breeder Vernon Mosley raises cattle and cutting horses and grows timber, but it's his genetically outstanding deer ...

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Liquid Gold – Additional Photos

More photos of the Norwood family's sweet sorghum syrup.

When the days get shorter and the leaves begin to turn, that's when you're likely to find Terry and Deb Norwood producing sweet sorghum syrup at their north Mississippi farm.

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A Southern Revival

Winemaking is experiencing a resurgence in Alabama.

Winemaking is experiencing a resurgence in Alabama.

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Southern Sizzle

In business for six decades, Alabama's Conecuh Sausage is still smoking the market.

In business for six decades, Alabama's Conecuh Sausage is still smoking the market.

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Face of Farming

Jay Hill shows the world the daily challenges and joys of producing food on his New Mexico farm.

Southern New Mexico farmer Jay Hill is seldom without his mobile phone, even when he’s cutting hay and feeding cattle.

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Shooting the Bull with a Rodeo Legend

Cody Lambert retired from rodeo almost 20 years ago, but is still making his mark in the sport as the Professional Bull Riders' livestock director.

Cody Lambert retired from rodeo almost 20 years ago, but is still making his mark in the sport as the Professional Bull Riders' livestock director.

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Raised to be a Rancher

This New Mexico couple isn't letting full-time jobs off the ranch stand in the way of building their cattle operation.

A New Mexico couple builds a Hereford and Hereford-Cross cattle operation.

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Everything Under the Sun

An Alabama couple relies on solar energy to power their llama farm near Huntsville.

An Alabama couple relies on solar energy to power their llama farm near Huntsville.

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News Briefs, Summer 2014

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Inducted into Farm Credit Academy of Honor, Two Association Mergers Result in More Diversified Lending Cooperatives

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Inducted Into Farm Credit Academy of Honor

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News Briefs, Summer 2016

Brief news items from the world of Farm Credit

Joe Crawford former Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) director from Baileyton, Ala., was inducted into the FCBT Academy of Honor at the bank’s annual meeting in March.

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A Winning Combination

FFA ag mechanics students, local ag producers and lenders make magic together.

FFA ag mechanics students, build quality custom equipment for local ag producers and lenders.

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Take Steps Now to Save on 2013 Taxes

Farmers may be able to change their 2013 tax liability before December 31.

What you should know about such tax considerations as estate planning, depreciating improvements and equipment purchases.

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Close to Earth, Close to God

Family and faith are at the heart of this Mississippi Mennonite farming community.

Family and faith are at the heart of this Mennonite farming community.

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Dual Careers, Single Purpose

Experts in efficiency, an Alabama father and son successfully run the family cattle operation while balancing full-time professional careers.

Experts in efficiency, an Alabama father and son successfully run the family cattle operation while balancing full-time professional careers.

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Cutting It in the Cattle Business

Texas cattle producers Larry and Kirk Stewart maintain their staying power in the cattle business by supplying calves for cutting horse competitions.

Texas cattle producers Larry and Kirk Stewart maintain their staying power in the cattle business by supplying calves for cutting horse competitions.

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Rethinking the Possible

A Texas family finds new ways to make a living from cows and corn, and continue the farm for future generations.

A Texas family finds new ways to make a living from cows and corn, and continue the farm for future generations.

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A Hot Market

Chile grown for color, seasoning and fresh eating spice up a family operation in New Mexico.

Chile grown for color, seasoning and fresh eating spice up a family operation in New Mexico.

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The Backing of a Good Lender

At age 93, this Texas Panhandle farmer is still loyal to Farm Credit.

For 52 years, O.H. Price has remained a Capital Farm Credit customer.

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Home Sweet Barn – Additional Photos

Additional Barndo Photos

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At Your Bidding

Alabama Auctioneer Helps Rural Folks Buy and Sell at Fair Prices

Auctioneer Mickey Fowler knows a thing or two about the auction business.

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A "Berry" Important Legacy – Additional Photos

Additional images of strawberry production by two Louisiana families.

Additional images of strawberry production by two Louisiana families.

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Custom Ordered

Pete Scarmardo Has Built a Successful Business Buying Cattle That Meet His Customers’ Needs.

Pete Scarmardo specializes in buying the right type of cattle to meet his customers' needs.

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Guaranteed for a New Start

Alabama Farm Credit went the time-consuming extra mile to obtain an SBA loan guarantee that would launch a beginning farmer in the broiler business. Two years later, both the lender and customer say the risk management strategy was worth the effort.

Alabama Farm Credit went the time-consuming extra mile to obtain an SBA loan guarantee that would launch a beginning farmer in the broiler business. Two years later, both the lender and customer say the risk management strategy was worth the effort.

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Fruitful Enterprise

A Mississippi vineyard is making Muscadine a household word.

A Mississippi vineyard is making Muscadine a household word.

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The Ranch Connection

Texas restaurateur Mike Micallef uses his ranching and restaurant experience to promote local food and support youth.

Texas restaurateur Mike Micallef uses his ranching and restaurant experience to promote local food and support youth.

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Faith in the Future

After working as an agronomist for three years, 26-year-old Lance Helberg follows his heart home to the family farm and the opportunity to be self-employed.

After working as an agronomist for three years, 26-year-old Lance Helberg follows his heart home to the family farm and the opportunity to be self-employed.

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MONEY MATTERS - Time for a Financial Checkup

Use these financial indicators to see how you measure up to lenders.

Use these financial indicators to see how you measure up to lenders.

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Through the Lens of Time

As generations pass by, many aspects of our lives change. Everything from clothing to technology evolves throughout the eras. Landscapes readers shared these images of Southern agriculture and rural life — all taken prior to 1950

A bygone era of Southern agriculture and rural life is captured in photos.

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Through the Lens of Time – Additional Photos

Additional images of Southern agriculture and rural life — all taken prior to the 1950s.

Additional images of Southern agriculture and rural life — all taken prior to the 1950s.

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Nutrition Makes the Difference

By educating and advising customers about food plots and wildlife nutrition and management, Sammy Jackson, co-owner of Daniel-Jackson Feedmill, has vastly grown the recreational part of the business.

By educating and advising customers about food plots and wildlife nutrition and management, Sammy Jackson, co-owner of Daniel-Jackson Feedmill, has vastly grown the recreational part of the business.

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Risks and Rewards

Growing Organic Cotton Promises Plenty of Both

Growing organic cotton promises plenty of both.

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No Time to Smell the Roses

Through hard work and versatility, Sexton Nurseries stays ahead of the competition in the wholesale rose industry.

Through hard work and versatility, Sexton Nurseries stays ahead of the competition in the wholesale rose industry.

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It’s All About the Money

A young farmer makes a case for organic crops.

You won't find many young farmers growing organic cotton on the South Plains of Texas. Veteran organic farmers will tell you that's because it takes more experience and is riskier than farming with ch...

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New Beginnings for an Old House

A 102-year-old ranch house gets a modern-day makeover.

A 102-year-old ranch house gets a modern-day makeover.

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Aging a Buck on the Hoof

Deer hunters can give bucks time to mature by learning to determine age on sight.

Deer hunters can give bucks time to mature by learning to determine age on sight.

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Lone Tree Ranch Sprouts a Texas Branch

Rodeo pros Doug and Marlene McRae train horses at their winter home in Kerrville

Come autumn, license plates from northern states are a common sight on Texas highways, as “snowbirds” — typically residents from colder climates — migrate south for the winter. In recent years, a couple of trucks and horse trailers from Colorado have been making the trip, too. They belong to Doug and Marlene McRae, nationally known rodeo professionals, who have established a winter home — and a horse-training ranch — in the Texas Hill Country.

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New Growth in a Small Town

As a child, Pat Thomasson ran the postage meter in her family’s Mississippi wood products business. Today she runs the company — and she’s growing it in new directions.

Twenty years ago, Pat Thomasson had a conversation with her father and mother that she was not expecting — at least not yet. Hugh and Helen Thomasson asked their only child to come home to Philadelphia, in east-central Mississippi, to help run the family’s wood products business.

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Chorizo de San Manuel — A Seasoned Business

Making Mexican-style sausage becomes a success story for a South Texas family.

Making laws is often compared to making sausage — neither should ever be seen, the saying goes.

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From Boll to Bedding

First, Alabama’s Mark Yeager built his own cotton gin. Now he and his family are taking their crop from the field to the bed, marketing their own line of heirloom-quality linens direct to the consumer.

Northwestern Alabama cotton farmer Mark Yeager knows all about making lemonade out of lemons. Or rather, making a thriving cotton business out of a challenging cotton market.

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On Call for the Cattle Industry

As an emergency room doctor and a first-generation rancher, Dr. Richard Thorpe offers a unique perspective as president of Texas’s largest livestock organization.

Growing up in suburban Dallas, Richard Thorpe was obsessed with all things cowboy. In grade school, doodles and drawings of cowboys filled his notebooks and his thoughts — and then in high school in the ’70s, things got serious.

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Divide & Transfer

It’s one thing to build your ranch up — another to pass it down. A New Mexico couple explains their approach to transferring property to their adult children.

For months, over breakfast and before lights out at night, Frank and Jeannie Burton bounced ideas back and forth about the future of their ranch estate. Married more than five decades and parents to six children, the New Mexico cattle ranchers had decided they were ready to downsize their extensive business interests.

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Catching Some Rays

Increasingly affordable, solar technology helps two rural families embrace efficiency and self-sufficiency.

Larry and Ann Smith’s cattle could talk, they’d tell you how sunny it is at the couple’s North Texas property.

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News Briefs, Winter 2016

Farm Credit News for Winter 2016

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Stay Safe Online

The World Wide Web can be a dangerous place, exposing you to people who would steal data, play pranks and even take over your identity.

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The Extra Tool in Your Financing Kit

At Lone Star Family Farms, owned by the Crownover family outside of Sunray, Texas, steel grain bins glisten in the brilliant Texas Panhandle sun, some holding last year's crop, others waiting for this year's.

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Peace of Mind for Livestock Producers

Livestock Insurance Helps Protect Against Weather and Market Risks

When Texas cattlemen Gregg Sides and Joe David Yates wanted to reduce their ranching risk a few years ago, they turned to their Farm Credit lenders for livestock insurance. Their insurance purchases have paid off, both in peace of mind and covering losses.

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Growing Grapes on the Great Plains

Two row-crop producers pool their farming talent and establish a new source of grapes for 22 wineries.

Matt Adams and Jerry Weaver never planned to own one of the largest vineyards in Texas. Instead, the two longtime friends simply wanted to plant something in addition to cotton, corn and peanuts on their farms south of Lubbock on the Texas High Plains.

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New Wine Country

4R Ranch aims to make North Texas a winery destination.

From Tuscany and Bordeaux to Northern California’s Napa Valley, there are places in the world that immediately conjure images of wine country.

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Award-Winning Wine and a Stomping Good Time

Sixteen years ago, Altus Koegelenberg brought his family from South Africa to Northeast Texas, in search of a more secure life.

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Connecting with Cotton

A Texas South Plains family hopes to bridge the gap from field to fashion, one shirt at a time.

When Valerie Jones met Doug Hlavaty while they were students at Texas Tech University, she knew very little about cotton.

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Beyond His Fences

As one of the 2017 Faces of Farming and Ranching, West Texas farmer Jeremy Brown travels the country telling agriculture’s story.

When Nordstrom, the high-end retailer, was in the news last spring for selling $425-per-pair “heavily distressed” jeans designed to look like they had mud caked on them, many in America laughed.

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Building a Brand

In Alabama, the name Lake Majestik Farms is synonymous with Brangus cattle.

In Alabama, the name Lake Majestik Farms is synonymous with Brangus cattle.

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The Farm Credit Difference

It has been said that good organizations focus on doing things right, while great organizations focus on doing the right things. This is an important distinction that helps explain the difference Farm Credit makes in rural communities and agriculture.

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Flowers Fresh from the Farm

With hard work and determination, Frank and Pamela Arnosky have earned a full-time living and put four children through college growing fresh-cut flowers in the Texas Hill Country.

If you have ever wondered where the bouquets of cut flowers in grocery stores come from, you might be correct if you guessed South America or California. Unless you live in Central Texas, that is.

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Not a Shred Wasted

By grinding up pecan tree trimmings, New Mexico’s Valley Shredding helps the environment and pecan growers from Texas to Arizona.

Until a decade ago, most southern New Mexico pecan growers burned their tree prunings. For weeks every winter, smoke would fill the air in the Mesilla Valley, the heart of New Mexico’s pecan-growing region. But as it became increasingly difficult to obtain permits for agricultural burning, lifelong friends Ryan Jaramillo and Brandon Stuart recognized a solution to the waste problem — and a business opportunity for themselves.

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Living Granddad’s Legacy

On the Texas South Plains, three generations carry on RJ Rowden’s legacy of hard work, trust in each other and love for farming.

Imagine having 10 kids and trying to eke out a living on a cotton farm in dusty West Texas nearly a century ago. And then getting sick.

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Good Things Come From a Small Farm

Six acres is all it takes for a young engineer to supply fresh, wholesome foods for consumers and restaurants.

When a manufacturing company in Victoria, Texas, moved to another state in 2013, a number of residents in this city of 63,000 found themselves out of work. Among them was process engineer Tyson Thornton.

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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

Like most people, Texas farmer Rollin Mangold didn’t like shopping for a bank. He didn’t have time for it, and because his family had financed with a local bank for generations, it didn’t occur to him to change lenders — until the local bank was sold.

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The Alligator Guy

Alligator Alley is a major tourist destination in Summerdale, Ala.

Alligator Alley is a major tourist destination in Summerdale, Ala. The 160-acre park receives more than 50,000 visitors who come to see the nearly 600 alligators in residence.

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Growing Under Glass

An Alabama greenhouse business shows what a first-generation farmer can accomplish with determination, mentors and financing.

An Alabama greenhouse business shows what a first-generation farmer can accomplish with determination, mentors and financing.

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A New Texas Oil

A South Texas family is working to advance their business and the state’s developing olive oil industry.

A South Texas family makes olive farming a success.

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Tough Enough (1)

For two brothers who chose to return to the family farm after college, farming in South Texas means always saving for a rainy day — or a drought.

South Texas brothers Hunter and Bryce Wilde return to the family farm.

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Farming Away

By farming in two different regions of the state, a young Texas cotton farmer extends his growing season and hedges his bets with weather, while expanding his farming operation.

Young cotton farmer farms in two Texas regions to extend his growing season.

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Agriculture Guaranteed

Short credit history? Little equity? High debt level? Government loan guarantees can help you get the credit you need to farm or ranch.

Government loan guarantees are available for young and beginning farmers.

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Keeping Louisianans Connected

A family-owned rural telecom remains successful for 83 years by offering the latest technology.

A family-owned rural telecom company has served rural Louisiana since 1935.

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The Voice of Experience

Young or Beginning Farmers Offer Guidance to Others Getting Their Start

Farm Credit customers offer advice for young and beginning ag producers.

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Chickens Are His Calling

San Antonio native adds poultry farming to his busy career with Tyson Foods.

Longtime Tyson Foods Inc. broiler technician starts his own poultry operation.

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Lending a Hand

Farm Credit is more than a lender when it comes to supporting the next generation.

How Farm Credit lending co-ops encourage the next generation of ag producers.

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Sheep in the Heart of Texas

Stewardship is a top priority for beginning sheep rancher Craig Smith.

A Central Texas couple finds sheep are perfect for their ranch.

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The future of American agriculture depends on the next generation of food and fiber producers.

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Beef cattle operations are investing in technology and saving time and money.

Beef producers are investing in technology to save time and money.

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Drawn by family and heritage, Alabamian Michael Davis returns to his rural roots and builds a commercial cattle operation.

After trying city life, an Alabamian returns home to build a cattle operation.

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Farm Credit's 2018 video contest

Farm Credit's 2018 video contest

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Homegrown peaches, strawberries and apples make Alabama’s Mountain View Orchards a popular year-round destination.

Homegrown peaches, strawberries and apples make Alabama’s Mountain View Orchards a popular destination.

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Conventional wisdom says hops will not grow in Texas. David Steinbrunner is proving otherwise.

Conventional wisdom says hops will not grow in Texas. David Steinbrunner is proving otherwise.

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Alabama’s Newby family teams with Wrangler to create jeans from their own cotton.

Alabama’s Newby family teams with Wrangler to create jeans from their own cotton.

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Muscadine Antioxidants Could Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

Muscadine Antioxidants Could Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

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Vingo Vineyards brings variety to the Texas Panhandle’s crops and social scene.

Vingo Vineyards brings variety to the Texas Panhandle’s crops and social scene.

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Applying for a new loan

Getting organized and starting early is essential to a smooth loan approval process.

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Milking the most of it

This West Texas dairy farm embraces robotic technology to improve the family operation.

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Not your grandpa's ranch

Beginning rancher Greg Anderson raises Akaushi cattle in northern Alabama with financing from Alabama Farm Credit.

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Heritage reflected

After working in the poultry business with his father, a North Louisiana farmer and ag entrepreneur found success through diversification.

After working in the poultry business with his father, a North Louisiana farmer and ag entrepreneur found success through diversification.

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Strip-till saves the soil

A South Texas farm family adopts conservation practices to stop their soil from blowing away.

A South Texas farm family adopts conservation practices to stop their soil from blowing away.

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Growing your market

Farm Credit customers share their strategies for building farm-to-consumer sales.

Farm Credit customers share their strategies for building farm-to-consumer sales.

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News Briefs, Summer 2021

Read Texas Farm Credit District news — winter storm relief, new congressional committee members, patronage, MANNRS scholarships and Farm Credit Bank of Texas leadership changes.

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Bringing the sunshine

A Southeast Texas medical researcher and budding farmer hopes to spread the joy of flowers and fresh produce

Bringing the sunshine

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Alabama farmer invents new strip-tillage device

HMC Quick Attach saves time, money when strip-tilling and planting.

HMC Quick Attach saves time, money when strip-tilling and planting.

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Deep roots and a bright future

Noisy Water Winery is helping revitalize New Mexico’s wine and grape industry.

Noisy Water Winery is helping revitalize New Mexico’s wine and grape industry.

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Ranching, rodeos and real estate

For Bob Tallman, the voice of professional rodeo, there’s life outside the announcer’s box.

For Bob Tallman, the voice of professional rodeo, there’s life outside the announcer’s box.

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Well stocked

The Fritsch family fills a niche in the Texas cattle industry, buying stocker calves at local sale barns and feeding them right.

The Fritsch family fills a niche in the Texas cattle industry, buying stocker calves at local sale barns and feeding them right.

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Farm Credit tells its story on Capitol Hill

Nearly 125 Texas Farm Credit District directors, employees and customers took the Farm Credit story to Capitol Hill in November. They were among more than 500 delegates participating in the 2021 national Farm Credit Fly-In to Washington, D.C.

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Complete the U.S. Ag Census survey by February 2023

Make sure you’re counted in the upcoming 2022 Census of Agriculture. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) mailed online ag census survey codes to U.S. farmers and ranchers in November so they could respond securely online.

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Making hay in a drought

By pursuing reliable water and hydrating his hay, a Texas farmer harvests up to nine cuttings, helping meet livestock producers’ feed needs.

By pursuing reliable water and hydrating his hay, a Texas farmer harvests up to nine cuttings, helping meet livestock producers’ feed needs.

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A test-and-learn attitude

A Tarleton State University graduate with a degree in agriculture services and development, Hughes applies a test-and-learn approach to his farming practices.

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Sky-high efficiency

Hylio Inc. designs and builds precision crop-spraying drones that reduce costs and inputs, minimize drift and reach areas other equipment can’t. The action happens in a warehouse on a family ranch outside the city limits.

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Thriving by adapting

Thriving by adapting

Oliver Farms grows cotton, corn and other row crops in the Hills region just east of the Mississippi Delta.

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Brides and billy goats

Family's diversified operation opens new options and revenue streams

Family's diversified operation opens new options and revenue streams

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Benefits of a Business Plan

How a plan can help your business stay on track

Simple or complex, a business plan is a road map to your goals. Learn what it should include.

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Grist for the Mill – Additional Photos

The Muenster Mill in Photos

The Muenster Mill in Photos

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Everything Under the Sun - Additional Photos

Photo essay of an Alabama alpaca and llama farm

In 2013, Cozette and Tony O’Neil installed a large solar array that generates income for their farm and enough electricity to power five homes. They raise llamas and alpacas at Cozy Cove Farm, located in Gurley, Ala., just east of Huntsville.

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Rethinking the Possible - Additional Photos

More photos from the Rocky Creek Maze

More photos from the Rocky Creek Maze

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A Hot Market – Additional Photos

More scenes of the Ledbetter's chile farm

Evelyn and Rick Ledbetter of Portales, N.M., sell fresh green chile directly to consumers in addition to growing paprika and jalapeños for commercial processing. Rick is chairman of the New Mexico Chile Commission and treasurer of the New Mexico Chile Association, and Evelyn is chairman of the board at the Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative and director of payroll at Roosevelt General Hospital.

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A Growing Business

This Texas family left the commotion of the city and watched their business bloom.

This Texas family left the commotion of the city and watched their business bloom.

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News Briefs, Winter 2011

News items for the Winter of 2011

Landscapes Magazine Summer 2011 News Briefs

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New Beginnings for an Old House — Additional Photos

More before, during and after renovation photos of the century-old Hamilton County, Texas home remodeled by Stan and Sara Lee Gardner.

More before, during and after renovation photos of the century-old Hamilton County, Texas home remodeled by Stan and Sara Lee Gardner.

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Safe Shelter – Additional Storm Shelter and Safe Room Photos

Additional photos of storm shelters and safe rooms for the article, "Safe Shelter"

Inside view of prefabricated concrete in-ground storm shelter

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Seeing the public’s generous response to devastating wildfires in the Texas Panhandle earlier this year, we were reminded of what so many people value about living and working in rural America — the family-like bond that exists among people in agriculture.

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Beautiful Blackberries

Many folks who grew up in the South can remember picking wild blackberries, known as “dewberries,” along the roadside and in pastures and fields from late May to early June. What a pleasurable experience to discover nature’s luscious black jewels, even though you had to suffer a few pricks from the thorns as you picked them.

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Fresh From the Farm

America’s growing fresh food movement is nothing new for the Sides family of East Texas. Fresh has been best, ever since they first plowed ground nearly 60 years ago.

Purple hulls and black-eyes. Creams and crowders. Peas galore! And beans, too — pinto, lima and butter.

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Homegrown Success - Additional Photos

Additional photos from the Jacoby family’s businesses in Melvin and Austin, Texas.

Additional photos from the Jacoby family’s businesses in Melvin and Austin, Texas.

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Solar Leasing Can Be Cost-Effective for Ag Businesses

If you want to know how much electricity costs, just ask a farmer.

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Come Rain or Come Shine

For Insurance Customers, Risk Management Is the Best Policy

The Henry family of Sabinal, Texas, doesn't believe in throwing caution to the wind, the rain, the bugs or any other peril that can beset a farm.

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Coach of Champions

Miller Leads Meat Judging Team to 13 National Titles

Although he’s a cattleman through and through, Dr. Mark Miller may be better known for his day job as the San Antonio Livestock Exposition distinguished chair in meat science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

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Bank Distributes Majority of Earnings to Stockholders

Based on its solid earnings and capital position, the Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) returned $154.2 million in patronage and other dividends, or 78.7 percent of 2017 earnings, to its affiliated lending cooperatives and other patrons at year end.

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The Making of Rural Leaders

Investing in employees’ leadership skills is one way Farm Credit supports rural communities.

How Farm Credit invests in its employees to develop rural leaders.

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Lending to young, beginning and small (YBS) producers is going strong in the Texas Farm Credit District, which includes 14 lending cooperatives in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.

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The number of young, beginning and small (YBS) Farm Credit borrowers held strong in 2018 despite the downturn in the economy.

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Texas District Young Leaders Program shows how Farm Credit is funded.