by Samantha Graves
When Brent Zimmerman went on a vacation to Italy in 1991, he never expected the return trip would take 23 years. Nor could he have anticipated how an elderly Italian woman who had lost her sight would nurture Zimmerman’s gift for cheese making and help launch him into a successful creamery business.
“I always knew I would end up on a farm,” said Zimmerman. “I just didn’t think it would be in Italy.” [Read more…]
by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
“Dairy farming is getting more sophisticated,” commented Dr. Julio Giordano, Assistant Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology and Management at Cornell.
Giordano was a key speaker at the Pro-Dairy Summer Reproduction Update meetings, which took place across New York State.
Giordano and Matias Stangaferro, DVM, MS discussed studies they have been part of concerning voluntary waiting periods (VWP) for cows after calving and determining the optimal time involved to improve milk production and farm profit. [Read more…]
The HPOCA National Oliver Show is being held at The New York Steam Engine Assn. 56th annual Pageant of Steam, Aug. 10 to 13.
In addition to this event being the National Oliver Show, it is also the “100 years of Cletrac Show.” The feature tractor will be the Cletrac model F. It is expected to be the largest showing of Cletrac and Oliver crawlers plus hundreds of Oliver and Hart-Parr wheel tractors. [Read more…]
NEW HAVEN, CT — Nearly 100 competitors from 20 Vermont 4-H clubs participated in the annual Vermont 4-H Horse Show, held July 7-10 at the Addison County Fair and Field Days site in New Haven.
University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H sponsored the event, which included a division for youths without horses. All participants took part in quiz bowl, judging and general knowledge contests while 4-H’ers with horses competed in the 4-H Division and also were evaluated in fitting and showmanship and 4-H project classes. [Read more…]
by Hope Holland
In the early years of the westward expansion the mustang was considered an asset. Being able to get a wild horse and make it a working horse with only the expenditure of time (and bruises) was the making of some western men’s fortunes. With the addition of the U.S. Cavalry’s remount stallions (an upgrading program for the native bred mustangs) in the late 1800’s, the mustangs received an improvement in their general appearance and usability. [Read more…]