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Farmers have a love/hate relationship with phosphorus (P). It’s a dietary requirement for livestock but significant P is excreted in manure and urine....
Posted On July 8, 2026
Country Folks is a weekly publication serving the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic agriculture industries. Our coverage area reaches from Maine to North Carolina with four regional editions. Our key market focuses include dairy, beef, crops, small ruminants and so much more. Editorial content revolves around production, animal health, industry events, trade shows and auctions.
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Using winter rye in his crop rotation has freed farmer Sandy Syburg from a chore he never much enjoyed: spreading poultry litter. His biologically act...
Posted On July 8, 2026
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Small ruminants come up with a variety of reasons to have diarrhea. A change in feed, weather, stress or disease can result in a miserable animal with...
Posted On July 8, 2026
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Recently I learned a friend named Wendy had purchased her very first horse, and with it came a surprise that I needed to see. Her story was interestin...
Posted On July 8, 2026
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As I’m writing this column early on June 30, the weather forecast for the Utica area spotlighted this headline: “Dangerous heat to hit parts of U.S. a...
Posted On July 8, 2026
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The American Milking Shorthorn Society brought its 2026 national breed convention to Cortland, NY. Four days of livestock showing, networking, recogni...
Posted On July 7, 2026
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Full-time Pennsylvania Army National Guardsman CJ Lafferty had some downtime on his last deployment in Kuwait, so he decided to write a livestock-base...
Posted On July 1, 2026
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Nearly everyone has heard of a Rhode Island Red chicken, but what about the Rhode Island White? While some non-ag people are familiar with the Araucan...
Posted On July 1, 2026
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Will farmers, nonprofits, ag service providers and other rural organizations across America be kissing their federal funding goodbye before 2027? The ...
Posted On July 1, 2026
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