Cary Blake

Associate Editor, Western Farm Press

Cary Blake, associate editor with Western Farm Press, has 32 years experience as an agricultural journalist. Blake covered Midwest agriculture for 25 years on a statewide farm radio network and through television stories that blanketed the nation.

 Blake travelled West in 2003. Today he reports on production agriculture in Arizona and California. He also covers New Mexico and West Texas agriculture for Southwest Farm Press.

 Blake is a native Mississippian, graduate of Mississippi State University, and a former Christmas tree grower.

Posts by Cary Blake

in Farm Press Blog Dec. 5, 2012

Latest PETA scam wrestles dollars from your wallet

The people at PETA must sleep at night while dreaming up scamming visions designed to finagle you – the John Q. Public – to hand over your hard-....More
in Farm Press Blog Nov. 14, 2012

Thanksgiving blessings: food, football and Netflix

The U.S. is the best-fed nation on Earth and not by happenstance. Agriculture’s well-oiled feeding machine provides us with the most abundant and....More
in Farm Press Blog Sep. 27, 2012

Phoenix police take bullet over cotton clothing flap

Imagine serving as a Phoenix, Ariz. police officer working outside in 115-degree summer heat while sweating bullets (excuse the pun) due to the....More
in Farm Press Blog Sep. 17, 2012

Regulations a financial noose for small producers

Buttonwillow, Calif., farmer Jason Selvidge says every year state and federal governments pile more and more regulations on agriculture. It appears....More
in Farm Press Blog Aug. 17, 2012

It's hot enough to boil water on the sidewalk

2012 will go down in the record books as one of the hottest summers in U.S. history. From coast to coast, extreme heat and drought have ravaged the....More
in Farm Press Blog Jun. 26, 2012

Campfires, fish tales, and farm profitability

Farm journalists never go on vacation to strictly relax. They also take their inquisitive questions about agriculture to learn how farmers operate....More
in Farm Press Blog Jun. 15, 2012

Arizonans celebrate state centennial, cotton industry

These are a plethora of reasons to celebrate as Arizona’s centennial year rolls along. Arizona’s cotton industry deserves a 21-gun salute for how the....More
in Farm Press Blog Jun. 4, 2012

Change is a better guarantee than death and taxes

One major pet supply company is referring to pet owners as ‘pet parents.’ This incorrectly suggests giving human equality to animals....More
in Farm Press Blog May. 24, 2012

Domino’s Pizza decision based on science, not extremists

Science has proven that gestation sow stalls are the best way to protect and nurture pregnant sows near birthing. Allowing a sow ‘in the family way’....More
in Farm Press Blog Apr. 3, 2012

Don boxing gloves for California citrus vs. HLB fight

Most everyone in the western citrus industry has known the day would eventually arrive when Huanglongbing (HLB) disease would be found in California....More