Not your grandfather’s silvopasture
Brett Chedzoy, Cornell University senior resource educator in agriculture and natural resources, is a fan of silvopasture systems for livestock. At the annual meeting of the Grassfed Exchange, (more…)
Brett Chedzoy, Cornell University senior resource educator in agriculture and natural resources, is a fan of silvopasture systems for livestock. At the annual meeting of the Grassfed Exchange, (more…)
Many farms begin as a family operation; however, more farms should consider establishing a more formal business entity – the limited liability company, or LLC. (more…)
Over the past 20 years, a number of states have enacted legislation regulating confinement standards for farm animals, with particular attention given to laying hens, pigs and veal calves. (more…)
As most subscribers are reading this column, it’s about 2.5 weeks until days start to lengthen in the northern hemisphere. Recently, most of the Northeast has been gathering just a few occasional (more…)
At the Jarmoc farm, the key to success is balancing what’s worked for generations with exploring unhackneyed methods and new revenue streams. (more…)
“I’m a stay-at-home mom raising our three boys, homeschooling and helping my husband run the farm – if it were a complicated process, it wouldn’t be possible for us.” (more…)
Part 1: The early days
Sheep and goat owners are familiar with the unique identification tags that go in animals’ ears before they’re moved from one property to another. (more…)
Happy four days after Thanksgiving (which is when most subscribers are reading my column). Let’s mentally return to the first Thanksgiving Day – celebrated, according (more…)
“Ideally, business decisions are made on profitability, not on cash flow,” Jon Winsten, an agricultural economist, said, addressing dairy farmers via a University of Vermont (more…)
Cattle producers often ask Penn State extension veterinarian Dr. Hayley Springer what to include in a vaccination protocol. Since farms have a variety of management challenges (more…)
Branching out, wearing different hats, having a finger in every pie, putting a lot of irons in the fire – whatever euphemism you use, farmers these days are almost required (more…)
Nutrients that can be applied to the soils (with or without winter forages) include mined and/or unrefined amendments, such as ground limestone, rock phosphates, bone (more…)
For 2023, the Bell family of Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, Maine, made a pivot with their turkey production. Rather than raising two batches of 1,000 Broad Breasted Whites (more…)
Thanksgiving is a time that brings families together – not only the families that gather together to enjoy their turkey-centered meal, but also the families that provide those turkeys. (more…)
Proper understanding of mineral supplementation can prove pivotal to herd health.
Laurentia van Rensburg, a technical mineral supplementation specialist (more…)