If you wanted a historian on how the ever-changing economy has altered lifestyles in Southwest Colorado, you probably couldn’t find anyone better than Con Kemple. Kemple will be closing Farmers Supply ...
After 82 years in operation, Farmers Supply will close its doors for good on Friday afternoon. “It was time. I was tired,” said owner Ted Alspach, age 70, an East Hempfield Township resident. Alspach, ...
In August 2018, a small group of Wisconsin dairy farmers took a bus to Albany, N.Y., on a mission to save farms. It was almost four years into an unprecedented slump in milk prices, and in Wisconsin ...
Charlie Sauer remembers the trains that used to run around the second floor of Farmers Supply at Christmastime. His memory is extremely close to what the Scribbler recalls, although more detailed.
Both groups want the USDA to help get food from farmers to people in need. It can be hard to reconcile images of farmers dumping milk and plowing over produce with images of hundreds of cars lined up ...