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Feeding deer corn is not the best thing to do
Deer’s winter digestive system is not equipped to handle a high carbohydrate diet such as corn.
International Harvester offers pension plan before most in 1908
International Harvester Corporation was one of the first 20 companies in the United States to establish a nongovernment pension plan for its employees.
How to safely burn pasture: 5 tips
With careful planning, burning pasture can produce numerous benefits.
Experts: 89 million people medically uninsured during 2004 to 2007
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eighty-nine million Americans were without health insurance for at least one month during the period from 2004 to 2007, and 23 million lost coverage more than once during that time, according to researchers at Penn State and Harvard University. “These findings call attention to the continuing instability and insecurity of health
Happy bacon, unhappy blueberries, and Washington’s revolving door
Alan Guebert digs into recent decisions in Washington that have impacted the pork industry and organic blueberry farmers.
Texas forage expert: Sell out herds now
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With little to no grazing and hay, should livestock producers continue to try to buy feed, move cattle to another state or just sell out?
Farm expenditures hit record high
WASHINGTON — U.S. farm production expenditures totaled $260 billion in 2007, up 9.3 percent from the revised 2006 total of $238 billion.
Farmer reinvents the tractor wheel to win grand prize
SALT LAKE CITY – John “Pete” Gipson of Texas earned the grand prize in the Farmer Idea Exchange competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 88th annual meeting.
Ohio is the new home of rare boreal songbirds
Everyone knows what an eruption is. When a volcano blows its top and spews ash and lava from the cone, that’s an eruption on a grand scale. People prone to temper tantrums can erupt. So can shook up pop cans. But there is a homonym of eruption that’s not nearly as well known: irruption.
Get excited about local dairy shows
In my book of favorite events, a county fair is a close second to Christmas. County fairs bring families together, the food is plentiful, and the “gift” is the learning experience that youth are provided through 4-H and FFA. My 4-H fair experiences began in Clark County showing Jerseys. There was lots of competition in
