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The Changing Scale of American Agriculture by John Fraser Hart (University of Virginia Press) Few Americans know much about contemporary farming, which has evolved dramatically over the past few decades. In The Changing Scale of American Agriculture, the award-winning geographer and landscape historian John Fraser Hart, professor of geography at the University of Minnesota, describes the transformation of farming from the mid-twentieth century, when small family farms were still viable, to the present, when a farm must sell at least $250,000 of farm products each year to provide an acceptable level of living for a family. More

Conserving Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Model-Based Planning Tools edited by Robert K. Swihart & Jeffrey E. Moore (Purdue University Press) Habitat loss and fragmentation arguably pose the greatest threats to biological diversity. Agriculture is a dominant land use that, along with urban sprawl and residential development, can reduce the amount and connectedness of natural areas required by many native species. Unfortunately, progress has been slow in integrating nature and biodiversity protection into community planning in intensively farmed regions, especially in America's heartland. More

Marketing Grain and Livestock (Second Edition) by Gary F. Stasko (Iowa State Press, Blackwell) Marketing is an essential part of any business and the business of agriculture is no exception. Written by an experienced educator with expertise in futures markets, hedging, and technical price analysis, Marketing Grain and Livestock teaches the basics of commodities marketing by farmers, ranchers, grain elevators, packers, and processors. More

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