Wet spring and summer reinforce importance of wildlife habitat
Learn how the record rainfall has impacted the survival of fawns, turkey poults and other wildlife, and how you can help mitigate the effects.
At the sound of the beep
Kymberly Foster Seabolt says goodbye to her son as he travels 27 hours, 14 hours in the future and roughly 9,280 miles from home.
Appalachian Trail hikers near finish line
Thru-Hiker, 61-year-old Chuck Defer is just about ready to take on the final leg of the Appalachian Trail.
Happiness found in many ways
Life on dairy farms in the 1970s proved to be a very good time indeed.
‘Mother Nature always bats last’
Alan Guebert breaks down the expected amount to be paid to farmers by the government due to a poor planting season caused by bad weather.
Dairy, large and small, in a digital world
Dairy was a data-driven industry long before any other species of livestock or agronomy crops, and it continues to implement cutting-edge technology.
Conflicting news, volatile market
Market observers and U.S. Department of Agriculture specialists continue to have different ideas about the size of this year’s corn and soybean crops. USDA came out with its grain stocks report last week, which included current estimates of the crop.
‘Fake news’? Grain traders decry USDA report
To say the numbers released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service are incredible is an understatement. To say they are being met with disbelief is universal. The grain market will be shaken for much of the summer.
There’s nowhere for the water to go
I’ve seen the numbers. The rain is historic. But it’s not hard to see it with my own eyes, too. With each new rain drop that has fallen, the saturated ground has spit it back out in new ways.
How Ford developed the Fordson tractor
In his column this week, Sam Moore details Henry Ford's early years and the conception and development of the Fordson tractor.
