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Dairy farms must monitor cash reserves
Find out why opening the January final milk check for 2020 was a lot more fun than opening the 2019 January final.
Farm life soothes with tedium, richness
“Whenever I have worked on farms, I have found my thoughts drifting back to the early agricultural parables, perhaps because the very nature of manual work leaves one’s mind open to unhampered thinking, and perhaps because many farm chores today are remarkably unremoved from farm chores thousands of years old — shoveling out irrigation canals
Overall cancer mortality rates decline
The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that cancer death rates continue to decline in men, women and children in the U.S.
Get that nitrogen on those wheat fields
As soon as the snow melts, in many areas it will be time to apply nitrogen to wheat.
Team anger management
When did high school sports games turn into opportunities for parents to let their tempers run out of control?
Spanky has stepped into leadership role
“On the farm, I’d come to see that my animals managed to avoid, almost entirely by instinct, the dramas that humans create for themselves. I envied them.” — Jon Katz, Izzy & Lenore I once heard the comment that animals don’t have nearly the troubles that humans have, mostly because they cannot talk. Wow. Truer
United States farm exports dip 23 percent
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — United States exports of agricultural-related machinery totaled nearly $8 billion in 2009, a 23-percent drop compared to the previous year, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The association trade group consolidates United States Commerce Department data for off-road equipment with other sources into quarterly export trend reports. “Our manufacturers operate in
National Farm Machinery Show highlights cutting edge ag products
The National Farm Machinery Show offers a complete selection of cutting-edge ag products, equipment and services available in the farming industry.
Hay shortage is a growing concern for farmers
Hay shortage is a growing concern for many farmers across the Midwest.
West Virginia’s only commercial bison farm goes all in on agritourism
Liz and Jimmie Riffle started Riffle Farms in 2017, expecting to sell high-quality red meat. But the novelty of raising buffalo in WV presented other opportunities.
