by Troy Bishopp
MUNNSVILLE, NY — In adventuresome farming fashion, Greg and Nathan Peterson and their wives, Brooke Anna and Riley flew from Kansas into New York City, rented a car and navigated through the maze of congested traffic and city tunnels to bring their inspiring and entertaining story to the rural Stockbridge Valley Central School. It’s just another day in the life of the country YouTube sensations and social media influencers. (more…)
by Noah Radliff
During the year, diversified agricultural activities will eventually peak and equipment is needed the most. The mechanical heartbeat of the farm is the tractor. We all have our favorite color of tractors – one minute you’re “swearing by” and the next you’re “swearing at” because when you need it, it breaks down. Now your time, effort and energy (three things that are in short supply on a farm) need to be diverted from your farm’s pressing matters to fix your tractor. Sometimes we need to ask: Is it time to purchase a new tractor? (more…)
by Sally Colby
There’s more to feeding pregnant beef cows than adjusting the quantity and nutrients of a ration. Dr. Katie Wood, assistant professor of ruminant nutrition and physiology at University of Guelph, said feeding pregnant cows has a significant impact on both the offspring and the future performance of that offspring. (more…)
HERSHEY, PA – Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s (PFB) Women’s Leadership Committee has selected Carol Ann Gregg of Mercer County as the recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Agriculture Award during the state’s largest farm organization’s 69th Annual Meeting in Hershey. (more…)
by Sally Colby
Lisa Holden, Penn State associate professor of dairy science who also works in cooperative extension, spends a lot of time helping dairy farmers learn how to optimize operations. (more…)
by Jon M. Casey
For the past several decades, distillers’ byproducts, also known as co-products, have been a regular addition to the ration programs of beef cattle feedlots throughout Western and Midwestern corn producing regions. This is due largely in part to the increased ethanol in the past 20 years. With this increased use of ethanol as fuel in the transportation industry, and the opening of new distilleries and ethanol plants closer to the corn-producing regions, a consistent source of feedstuffs has become available to nearby feedlots. More importantly, with the increase of corn being used to make ethanol in the U.S. (now over 35% of the annual crop) the increased cost of corn grain makes feeding ethanol co-products like wet distillers’ grains more attractive. (more…)
by Troy Bishopp
CAZENOVIA, NY – You can’t buy happiness but you can buy local food at a winter farmers market and that’s kind of the same thing. (more…)
by Laura Rodley
Thanksgiving doesn’t happen just one day a year for dairy farmer Victor Ziemba of Broadlawn Farm in Adams, MA. “We’ve been doing that ever since the fire started. The community helped in every possible way.” (more…)
It was a dark, cold Sunday evening just a couple weeks ago and the horses were late coming home from their pasture to the barn for the night. I had their feed, water and hay all ready and was just getting a spare lead rope and flashlight to head out and see where they were when they appeared in the back paddock and headed into the barn. My relief was momentary, as I immediately noticed that Sabrina, my elder mare, seemed to be bleeding profusely from above her eye. I called my husband to come into the barn to help and was prepared to call the veterinarian if necessary, but decided first to calm down, take a deep breath and assess the situation. I put Morgan, our other mare, in her stall where she was happily occupied with eating and didn’t mind being closed in so I could attend to Sabrina. (more…)
by Enrico Villamaino
Speed and patience may not seem to go hand in hand. For one man, a lifetime in one career demanded the former, but a more recently discovered calling necessitates a great deal of the latter. (more…)
by Sally Colby
When a large dairy farm is scrambling to find space for a significant population of animals, the best solution is likely to be a new building – or buildings. That’s the case for Teabow Farms, owned and operated by the Stup family. (more…)
by Tamara Scully
Turkey may be the meat of Thanksgiving, but for some it’s the meat of Christmas and New Year’s Day, too. For others, a goose, duck, or Cornish game hen – or maybe something more “exotic” such as quail or partridge – might grace the holiday dinner table. Here’s a look at some of those birds which provide sustenance for our holiday tables, from the perspective of a farmer who raises them. (more…)
