Cutting feed costs in organic pig production
Organic livestock production comes with challenges, two of which are the high costs of organic feed and bedding. (more…)
Connecting farmers and landowners
Carl Majewski, a University of New Hampshire Extension field specialist, has been working to increase awareness of IPM (more…)
Crop Comments: How an Insecticide Class Harms Soil Biology
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is something I’ve been monitoring since it was first identified by entomologists over two (more…)
Leading the game: Keystone Farm Show continues to grow
Winter has officially settled in the Northeast, bringing with it snow and Pennsylvania’s Keystone Farm Show. (more…)
Expanding beyond U-picks and petting zoos
On-farm outdoor recreation is different from typical agritourism activities such as U-picks, farm stands (more…)
Engaging farmers in the checkoff
The term “checkoff” derived from historical programs that were not mandatory; producers marked a checkoff (more…)
The right to repair ag equipment
The discussion about a consumer’s right to repair ag equipment has been going on for years, and progress (more…)
Crop Comments: Free-Ranging Plant Genes: Equal to Laboratory Manipulation?
In a paper titled “Nature’s GM sweet potato and the rock from space,” English investigative science writer Claire Robinson (more…)
Ya don’t talk about mental health at a farming conference
Most mornings my eyes open at 3 a.m., not because I have farm chores but because there is some subconscious (more…)
Different ways to make cover crops work
Sarah Hirsh, an Extension educator at University of Maryland, shared cover cropping case studies from (more…)
Crop Comments: Dodging, or Recovering from, Medicago Maladies
On the morning of Dec. 23, our remote-sensing thermometer had just climbed up to 0º, having plunged to -7º (more…)
East region farmers connect at National Grazing Conference
TUCSON, AZ – Farmers from around the East Coast fed their animals, put another log on the fire, (more…)
Madison County SWCD celebrates another busy year
Flannel shirts, calloused hands and colorful stories marked another year of putting conservation (more…)
Crop Comments: Stopping the Runaway NPN Train
Several months ago, my friend Corey called me with a cattle feeding question. He oversees a small (more…)
What’s new in heifer calf housing?
Raising heifers has changed over the years, and Penn State ag engineer John Tyson said there are still (more…)
