American Family Farmer

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news that with diesel prices rising to $6.00 per gallon, operating your farm equipment and getting your product to market is skyrocketing. The White House has announced a new Internet Services Plan for rural America. It's called The Affordable Connectivity Program and is intended to make high speed internet available to rural areas at a fixed rate of $30.00 per month. Next, we meet Patrick Keyser, who is the Director at The Center for Native Grasslands Management, at the University of Tennessee. https://nativegrasses.tennessee.edu/ The Center provides a scientific background to producers and land managers, enabling them toeffectively establish and manage native grasslands. Finally, Farmer Doug opines about the USDA needing to issue more organic meat processing licenses.