American Farmers and Ranchers make up less than 2% of the population, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be heard. According to the 2007 USDA Ag Census 58% of farms have high-speed internet access and many of these farmers have taken advantage of this opportunity to connect with urban consumers. Here is a growing list of farmers, ranchers, and supporters of agriculture sharing their stories of everyday farm and ranch life via blogging and social media. Connecting with Consumers. Spreading the word of food origins.
Farmers and Ranchers…
The folks who get their hands dirty producing the food, fiber, fuel, and by-products used in our daily lives.
- Acorns for Thought – Charles Wildman, Ohio
- Ag On The Forefront – Kelsey Pope, Nebraska
- Agricultural Insights – Chris Stelzer
- BarnScoop – Wanda Quiggins, Kentucky
- Buzzard’s Beat- Brandi Buzzard, Kansas
- Cattle Call – Young Cattle Producers
- Cause Matters – Michele Payn-Knoper, Indiana
- ChrisChinn – Chris Chinn, Missouri
- Common Sense Agriculture – Jeff Fowle, California
- Country Chicken Girl – Kathi Manville, Nebraska
- Country Linked – Laurie Link, Missouri
- Cowdog Blog – Ty, Montana
- Cox Farm - Maria Cox, Illinois
- Dairy Carrie – Carrie Mess, Wisconsin
- Dairy Goddess – Barbara Martin, California
- Double H Photo – Wyoming
- Faces of Agriculture – Elizabeth and Jamie, Midwest
- FarmNWife – Judi Graff, Illinois
- Feedyard Foodie – Ann Burkholder, Nebraska
- Good Humor Cowboy – Bob Kinford, Texas
- Graff Land and Livestock – Bill and Judi Graff, Illinois
- Grain Girl – Lori Deyoe, Kansas
- Griggs Dakota – Jane Lukens – North Dakota
- Just Farmers – Mike Haley, Ohio; Ray Prock, Jeff Fowle, California
- Kiss My Tractor – Robin L, Idaho
- Kissed a Farmer – Suzie Wilde, Texas
- Klingenberg Farms, Inc. – Derek Klingenberg, Kansas
- Life At The Rough String – Oregon
- Life On A Kansas Cattle Ranch – Debbie Lyons-Blythe, Kansas
- Mr. Cattlemaster – Doug Ferguson, Nebraska
- Montana For Real – Kari Lynn Dell, Montana
- Nebraska Wheatie – Zeorian Harvesting, Nebraska
- Off The Cobb – Matthew Boucher, Illinois
- Orange Patch Dairy – Shannon Seifert, Minnesota
- Oregon Green – Marie Bowers, Oregon
- Ranch Wife Life – Bridget Coon, Washington
- Ray-Lin Dairy – Ray Prock, California
- Red Dirt In My Soul – Carol Greet, Wyoming
- Reflections from a Country Boy – Sam Wildman, Ohio
- Semi View (The Marshall News) – Marcia Gorrell, Missouri
- Silo Skies – Ryan Bright, Tennessee
- Slow Money Farm – Jan Hoadley, Alabama
- Tales of a Kansas Farm Mom – Nicole Small, Kansas
- The Bovine Blog – Bob Kinford, Texas
- The Dairyman’s Blog – Will Gilmer, Alabama
- The Farmer’s Life – Brian Scott, Indiana
- The South Dakota Cowgirl – Jenn, South Dakota
- The Wife of a Dairy Man – Nancy, California
- The Udder Side – Ryan Bright’s Cows, Tennessee
- Twin Wranglers’ Tales – Montana
- Webel Family Farm – Emily Webel, Illinois
Agriculture Community…
This group includes scientists, students, and others who provide services and support the agriculture community – also great resources for food and farm information.
- A Colorful Adventure – Janice Person, Missouri
- Beef Daily – Amanda Radke, South Dakota
- Campfire Cowboy Ministries – Kevin Weatherby, Colorado
- CNN Eatocracy – CNN Food Page, Editor Kat Kinsman
- Corn Corps – Illinois Corn Farmers
- Farming America - David Hayden, Oklahoma
- Foodie Farmer – Jennie Schmidt, MS, RD, Maryland
- KellyMRivard – Kelly Rivard, Missouri
- Mom At The Meat Counter – Janeal Yancy, Arkansas
- My Farm Education – Iain Robson, Ontario, Canada
- My Life N The Hills – Jamie Johansen, Missouri
- Texas Agriculture Talks - Texas Farm Bureau
- The Meat of the Issues – Travis Arp, Colorado
- The Social Silo – Farm and Dairy Magazine, Multiple Authors
- Weed Control Freaks – Andrew and Brian, Wyoming
To find more members of the Agriculture community on social media, be sure to check out this Farmer Bloggers database.
Thanks for including me, Ryan!!