by Troy Bishopp
Nowadays many farmers are rolling down growing cover crops and plowing under sod as green manures for a corn crop. The traditional rotation practice adds nutrients and organic matter benefits (more…)
by Sally Colby
Women are important players in agriculture, and often perform tasks that require personal protective equipment (PPE). However, most PPE is sized for men, which means women (more…)
by Enrico Villamaino
Cover crops are crucial, and can be well worth the cost to a farmer concerned with conservation. (more…)
by Emily Carey
The small town of Grahamsville, NY, came together June 13 to celebrate the Tri-Valley FFA chapter as they hosted their 71st Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony. Past, present and future generations (more…)
by Sally Colby
If you keep a couple of sows and sell meat from your farm or at a farmers market, does the health status of pigs in the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti matter? (more…)
In our nation’s West, lack of precipitation, combined with wildfires intensified by that moisture shortage, gets a lot of headline coverage. (more…)
Country Folks Grower and Lee Trade Shows have been the trade show partner for the Empire State Producers Expo for over 15 years. We have enjoyed our tenure with the many exhibitors and seeing the show grow in size and variety. Unfortunately, at this time we are no longer working for the trades show or association.
by Tamara Scully
In a recent eOrganic webinar, Utah State graduate student Michael Greenland presented research which was designed to explore how dairy breed might interact with forage type. Previous studies (more…)
by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Third-generation Vermont dairy farmer Guy Choiniere was in survival mode when he and his wife decided to transition the farm to organic. It was 2003, and that decision began a journey (more…)
by Enrico Villamaino
Chrissy Wozniak, host of the North American Ag Spotlight (NAAS) podcast, recently sat down with Damian Mason to discuss how the current state of the economy is likely to affect agricultural professionals moving forward. (more…)
by Sally Colby
Heat has negative implications for dairy cow comfort and productivity, but there’s also clear evidence that heifer calves born of heat-stressed dams have lower productivity. (more…)
“Is corn boom expanding Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’?” That’s the title of an article written by Conrad Wilson of the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, published Oct. 1, 2008. (more…)
