Farm Bill discussion draws crowd
With the 2023 Farm Bill in the works, Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), chair of the House Ag Committee, gathered eight members of the committee during the Pennsylvania Farm Show (more…)
Boonville Farms Co-op hosts 88th annual meeting
ROME, NY – The Boonville Farms Cooperative hosted their 88th annual meeting recently with 60 people in attendance representing 27 family dairy farms in the co-op. (more…)
Look Out for Alfalfa Winter Kill
As I’m writing this on Jan. 18, the temperature in downtown Hartwick is 37º F with a light mist falling. (more…)
The farmers’ farm show
In early January, many farmers in the Mid-Atlantic begin planning their annual trip to the Keystone Farm Show at the York Fairgrounds in York, PA. The timing of the show is ideal (more…)
Farm transition talk: Insurance agency discussion
Christy Powell is an agriculture and business growth educator based in Lehigh County, PA. She works with varied farms and farmers ranging from brand new to transitioning farmers (more…)
Finding the sweet spot for value-added meat and dairy
Cindy Krepky has worn a lot of hats – teacher, tour guide, chef, butcher and milkmaid. She began farming in Carnation, WA, at Dog Mountain Farm in 1999, where her family and team (more…)
Better than Snowballs
Most of the Northeast during 2022 was not blessed with bountiful quantities of high-quality perennial forages. (more…)
Beef advocate and cattle producer launches award for business women in the cattle industry
In autumn 2022, Girls Eat Beef Too creator Markie Hageman Jones, a beef industry leader and advocate, as well as first generation cattlewoman, wanted to create a platform that highlighted (more…)
Out of the ashes, hope renews
GUILFORD, NY – 2023 begins with hope renewed. This rural sentiment of hope just so happens to be led by firefighters, farmers, sawyers, masons, businesses, friends and families (more…)
Don’t forget your conservation resolutions
As 2023 gets underway, it presents a good time for farmers to set some New Year’s resolutions for their operation, even if they are a bit belated. Ciji Taylor, a public affairs specialist for the USDA, (more…)
Keeping microbes happy when forage quality is poor
Livestock producers don’t choose to deal with inferior quality forage, but there are often no options when harvested forage is less than optimal. (more…)
Measuring the value of agritourism
More visitors on your farm, spending more time with you and possibly spending more money, seems to be the obvious goal of agritourism, but for a lot of those in the ag community there’s more (more…)
Iowa Rest Stop Sign Grades State’s Soil Health
Frequently I try to illustrate the carbon sequestration benefits of a fairly modest increase in topsoil (more…)
‘How’ questions for maple producers
University of Vermont Extension farm business specialist Mark Cannella works with maple producers on business and financial planning. Whether it’s a start-up, a 2,000-tap operation thinking (more…)
