One Thanksgiving and Three Sisters
Although the term “biodiversity” wasn’t originally used to describe long-standing cropping methodology (more…)
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…)
New York agricultural assessment in a nutshell
As part of the Broome County autumn municipal training, Bob Wright discussed the requirements and rules surrounding agricultural assessments in New York State. Wright is a real (more…)
Annual NYSHC Fall Pleasure Ride held in Brookfield
In October, I had the pleasure of participating in the New York State Horse Council’s 53rd annual Fall Pleasure Ride. My Tennessee Walker gelding, Little Joe, stabled with his equine pals (more…)
Beached Barges
Exactly 650 months ago I began work on my master’s degree in dairy cattle genetics at Louisiana State University. (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…)
Indian Summer and Lime Spreading
We’re six weeks past the date where many crop people in the Northeast – though certainly not all – experienced their first killing frost. (more…)
Draft legislation changes threaten NY Conservation Districts
On Oct. 3, Tompkins County Soil & Water Conservation District Manager Jonathan Negley received a cursory email from a group known only as the “NYS Watershed Health Coalition” (more…)
New York’s Congress champions
The doors have closed after another successful All-American Quarter Horse Congress. The highly sought-after bronze trophies have been awarded to the best of the best after 30 days (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…)
