Many dietitians (as well as sleep therapists) believe that a midnight snack helps the sleeper enjoy unconscious rest more peacefully and productively. The snacking endorsement (more…)

Churchtown Dairy in Columbia Co., NY, hosted an all-day Real Organic Project (ROP) Conference on Oct. 14. Approximately 250 people attended. The booklet passed out to (more…)

The first few days of October, I saw winter rye sprouting nicely while I was driving through some Central New York counties. This encouraged me, since (more…)

Minutes before midnight on March 31, my peaceful sleep was interrupted by loud, rolling thunder. The next clap of thunder was preceded by lightning, with a (more…)

The fertilizer industry is flush with good news (as far as farmer customers are concerned). The supply/demand scenario has morphed into a different ball (more…)

When I studied high school biology five decades ago, scientists only talked about three life form groups (called kingdoms): animals, plants and fungi. Halfway through that half-century, (more…)

For decades, Paul Harvey, renowned radio news journalist, aired a daily news commentary titled “The Rest of the Story.” He would open with a fairly well-known headline, (more…)

Before long, most corn growers will be combining and/or row-chopping their crop. This will be a good time to conduct a small experiment while the person (more…)

Winter forages are something in which I have become a super believer in during the last dozen years. (Reminder: they are small grains planted during (more…)

On Aug. 18, Ken from Chenango County emailed me, seeking my advice for the following scenario: “We usually harvest two cuttings of sorghum, in July (more…)

Last growing season I took a few soil samples on a southern Herkimer County dairy farm. One of the fields being sampled that I found particularly interesting (more…)