Tradition – and a little bit of everything else – at Jarmoc Farm
At the Jarmoc farm, the key to success is balancing what’s worked for generations with exploring unhackneyed methods and new revenue streams. (more…)
PA Farm Bureau hosts 73rd annual meeting
Hershey, PA, was the destination for hundreds of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) members who met for the organization’s 73rd annual meeting. One of the most important (more…)
Crafting a winning strategy for YouTube
“I’m a stay-at-home mom raising our three boys, homeschooling and helping my husband run the farm – if it were a complicated process, it wouldn’t be possible for us.” (more…)
Close to eradication, part 1
Part 1: The early days
Sheep and goat owners are familiar with the unique identification tags that go in animals’ ears before they’re moved from one property to another. (more…)
Crop Comments: Crop expert seriously pushes soil testing
Happy four days after Thanksgiving (which is when most subscribers are reading my column). Let’s mentally return to the first Thanksgiving Day – celebrated, according (more…)
Dairy profit: A new model for family farms
“Ideally, business decisions are made on profitability, not on cash flow,” Jon Winsten, an agricultural economist, said, addressing dairy farmers via a University of Vermont (more…)
Vaccination is not immunization
Cattle producers often ask Penn State extension veterinarian Dr. Hayley Springer what to include in a vaccination protocol. Since farms have a variety of management challenges (more…)
Seeking out specialty food grants
Branching out, wearing different hats, having a finger in every pie, putting a lot of irons in the fire – whatever euphemism you use, farmers these days are almost required (more…)
Three questions to ask about retirement
Most farmers want their land to stay in agriculture, but very few have plans in place that dictate how the land, business and other assets will be divided among their heirs. (more…)
Crop Comments: Let’s put cold weather to work in the field
Nutrients that can be applied to the soils (with or without winter forages) include mined and/or unrefined amendments, such as ground limestone, rock phosphates, bone (more…)
A family tradition for a traditional meal
Not only do the customers that buy their fresh turkeys from Esbenshade Turkey Farm celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving, but generations of repeat customers have made (more…)
Customers gobble up local turkey
“Gobble gobble” isn’t just a turkey vocalization – it’s an action customers are making to gobble up their Thanksgiving centerpiece from local farms. (more…)
Shifting the tide with their turkeys
For 2023, the Bell family of Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, Maine, made a pivot with their turkey production. Rather than raising two batches of 1,000 Broad Breasted Whites (more…)
A turkey farm in Eden
It’s time to prepare for Thanksgiving. Harold and Lori Haier and their family have been supplying neighbors, local stores and food stands with holiday turkeys for half a century. (more…)
Copleys honored to be a part of tradition
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, we turn our attention and appreciation toward the fowl farmers who help make the day full of family, food, fun and football feel fulfilling. (more…)
