by Bill and Mary Weaver
This year at Ag Progress Days in State College, PA, Pam Kister, a horse trainer and owner of Grey Horse Stable, LLC in Dover, organized a carriage arena racing demonstration. “It’s a new and exciting way to have fun with your horse,” she explained. [Read more…]
by Tamara Scully
“More cows doesn’t always mean more profit,” Victor Shelton, Grazing Specialist and Agronomist with NRCS, said. “It is due to increased cost, increased input, to maintain that number. More moderate stocking rates, usually are more profitable.”
Shelton discussed the relationship between carrying capacity, stocking rates, and winter-feeding costs in a recent webinar, “Alternative Stewardship Strategies for Winter Feeding.” [Read more…]
HARRISBURG, PA – A four-year-old Ayrshire was named Supreme Champion Cow of the Premier National Junior Show on Sept. 19, during the 2016 All-American Dairy Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg.
Cedarcut Burdette Clove C, exhibited by Erin Curtis Szalach, Cazenovia, NY, is the supreme champion. [Read more…]
by Sally Colby
Dairy farmers who have adopted grazing as part of a feeding system know that grazing isn’t a simple matter of opening a gate to a pasture. Grazing that’s part of a feed program takes a lot of planning and effort throughout the year to maintain successful production. [Read more…]
by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
Autumn is the time of year many farms and orchards open their doors for farm tours, pick your own apples and pumpkins, farm days and other events.
A recent webinar provided by the University of California Small Farm Program in partnership with FarmsReach featured speakers Scottie Jones, Director of the U.S. Farm Stay Association, and Meghan Bishop-Sanderson of Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm, advising producers on how to get that coveted five-star rating. [Read more…]