by Steve Wagner
“We need to get this farm bill done,” said Congressman Glenn Thompson. Thompson’s district in Centre County, Pennsylvania is larger than the five smallest states. “Farm income is down over 50 percent over the past number of years and that is unacceptable.” [Read more…]
by Troy Bishopp
REMSEN, NY — If Little Miss Muffet was by chance sitting on her tuffet, eating curds and whey from the Grassy Cow Grazing Dairy Farm, the 1805 nursery rhyme might never have happened, because no spider would have scared her away from the pursuit of the freshest, tastiest cheese curd in the North Country. [Read more…]
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Sometimes the best “work” to promote your ag operation is to “network” as it seems for about 20 businesses in Cayuga County, New York that have joined the Sweet Treat Trail. [Read more…]
by Sally Colby
Marjorie Kuszlyk isn’t bragging when she says she was born knowing how to select good dairy cows. Marjorie was at the All American Dairy Show held recently in Harrisburg, PA, with several outstanding animals that represented her family’s dedication to improving dairy cattle. [Read more…]
by Jillian Conner
The Tunbridge World’s Fair means a great deal to many. Starting in 1867, the fair has been an institution in New England since its inception, serving as a reprieve from the daily grind of agricultural life in Vermont. It was a celebration of the end of another season’s worth of hard work and the traditions and workmanship necessary to maintain it. [Read more…]
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Does leaky gut contribute to heat stress and ketosis in dairy cows? Lance Baumgard of Iowa State University presented a webinar on the topic hosted by Ag Model Systems.
His hypothesis is that “the origin of both heat stress — in all farm animals — and ketosis in dairy cows problems is a compromised intestinal integrity.” [Read more…]
by Sally Colby
When Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding spoke at the exhibitor’s banquet at the 54th All-American Dairy Show, he reminded the crowd of the importance of the people who make it happen, from those at home to those who would receive awards. [Read more…]
by Laura Rodley
Fifteen 4-H Clubs and over 70 youth participated in the Franklin County 4-H Fair. 4-H members exhibited crafts, rabbits and products from farms. There was also an oxen pull on the other side of the Heath Fairgrounds. [Read more…]