While ballot initiatives aren’t common in rural areas, farmers should take note of what’s happening in other cities – even (more…)

For the most part, chickens and other poultry species mind their own business and don’t bother other birds except for (more…)

Greg LaBarge, an agronomic systems field specialist at Ohio State University, conducts research on nutrient management (more…)

According to Steve Barnhart, Extension agronomist at Iowa State University, the first few frosts of autumn bring the potential (more…)

Here are the silly, spooky stories we printed in our Oct. 30, 2024 editions. Have a happy and safe Halloween! (more…)

One of the keys to a successful dairy program is an excellent feeding management program. James Salfer, Extension educator (more…)

Imagine flying a drone equipped with sprayers across a soybean field, targeting only weeds that eluded the first round of spraying. (more…)

Over Columbus Day weekend Sue and I were out of town for a mini-vacation, visiting my sister who lives near the Connecticut shore. (more…)

As of Nov. 5, 2024, certain classes of cattle and bison will be required to have a permanent electronic identification device (EID) (more…)

Increasingly, headlines spotlight weather and climate events – most of which are bad news. In the last week of September, Hurricane (more…)