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Ghana’s District Farmer of the Year

January 6th, 2012

Today we meet the district farmer of the year.  A lady growing ten acres of corn–a farmer adopting some of the latest technology she can find to help grow a bigger crop.  She shares a tractor with up to one hundred other farmers and will plant and harvest her entire crop by hand…..

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Corn Stored Under Tarps

January 5th, 2012

Drive through farm country and you can find plenty of shiny new grain bins to hold ever increasing yields. Drive through farm country here and you’re likely to find the corn stored under tarps or open to the elements that will spoil up to half of the harvested crop. It’s one of the many challenges these farmers face…..

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The Challenges of Growing Corn in Africa

January 4th, 2012

Many farm events and banquets in the US begin with prayer.  This farm meeting opened with a joint prayer of Chritian and Muslim farmers.  They represented farm organizations from the central region of the African nation of Ghana…..

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Corn Harvest in Ghana

January 3rd, 2012

I always enjoy the harvest on our farm.  Days spent in the combine or hauling grain to the bins are some of my favorite farm duties.  I recently experienced a must different harvest though–the corn harvest in the West African nation of Ghana.

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Farming Big with Small Equipment

February 23rd, 2011

It’s amazing some of the technology that can be found on the farm these days.  However, if you go to Phil Corzine’s farm, you may be amazed at the small sized equipment and the seeming lack of the latest gadgets to help with crop production.  There’s a good reason for that…..

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Helping Rural Business Thrive in Developing Nations

October 19th, 2009

rootcapital2Willie Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggling to survive. What resulted was a vision turned non-profit organization that is making great strides in helping small rural businesses thrive…

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Root Capital

October 16th, 2009

rootcapital1American farmers know the financial difficulties that result from conditions that are often out of their control. Now imagine you are a small farmer in a developing nation and those challenges increase exponentially. Today we visit with an organization working to change that…

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