Hazard communication on the farm
Chase Pagel doesn’t just talk about safety, she lives it. As the safety coordinator for Pagel’s Family Business, part of which includes the largest privately owned dairy farm in Wisconsin, Pagel (more…)
Big profits with regenerative agriculture
Jeff Siewicki, founder of Vital Mission Farm in South Carolina and of regenerativesuccess.com, had ambitious goals when he began farming nine acres in 2017. He wanted to quit his job (more…)
Cold Creek Farm reaches into the community
Michele Brown grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and joined 4-H when she was eight. She enjoyed showing horses at the county level, but when the steel mills closed, her father lost his job. (more…)
Who’s watching the children?
Harvest and field work isn’t quite finished, which means hundreds of young children will be extra riders in tractors and other farm machinery. Fortunately, the majority will not be involved (more…)
Beyond Lyme disease: Australia’s history of Theileriosis
The work of Australian veterinary parasitologist Dr. Matthew Playford is helping to raise awareness of the Asian longhorned tick (ALT) among U.S. cattle producers. While many consumers (more…)
Hacks and advice for holiday digital marketing
To Jenny Green, the owner of Fisher Green Creative, a Maine digital marketing firm, the holiday season means a lot more than Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. (more…)
Got maple? Why a maple syrup collective makes sense
Back in 1993, the “Got Milk?” campaign launched and was an immediate success. It was the brainchild of a collective, formed by milk producers, who banded together to get the word (more…)
Horse Tales: Getting Ready for Winter
It’s been a beautiful autumn so far, but it won’t be long before winter sets in – and with the weather still favorable, now is the best time to prepare for those long, cold days ahead. (more…)
Manure processing technology
While most livestock manure is land-applied in one form or another, Dr. Rebecca Larson, University Wisconsin-Madison, said there are opportunities to integrate new technologies (more…)
Sycamore: Renewable energy alternative
Short rotation woody crops such as willow and poplar, along with C4 grasses, have been the primary feedstocks studied for bioenergy. Expanding upon those requires obtaining knowledge (more…)
Free-stall and bedded pack cattle barns
When raising a herd of cattle, the type of housing system used can highly influence the cleanliness, well-being and production of the cows, as well as the ease of management and profits for the farm. (more…)
Winter ventilation for healthy calves
Whether calf housing is new construction or a conversion, ventilation is a major factor in maintaining healthy animals.
John Tyson, Penn State ag engineer, said young dairy calves (more…)
