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…)
Talking turkeys all the time
When most people consider their Thanksgiving meal, they consider being surrounded by family and how good the turkey will taste, and how many times they will come back for more. (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…)
UNH FFA Interscholastics Contest held
One of the exciting events put on by University of New Hampshire faculty and students interested in agriculture and animal science is the FFA Interscholastics Contest for high school FFA members (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…)
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…)
Caring for the land is their bread and butter
A Vermont farm has been named one of three finalists for the Leopold Conservation Award.
The award, named for conservationist Aldo Leopold, focuses on initiatives (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…)
