Determine how many replacement heifers you need
Knowing your cost of production and need for replacements can help determine how many heifers you need on the operation.
Keeping animals out of the house isn’t easy
When you live in the midst of woods and old fields, critters often stop by unexpectedly.
Women are naturals at farming
Over the years, though far too slow in coming, women have been increasingly recognized for operating successful farms and ag-businesses.
Hand sewing grain sacks during harvest
Before there was a way to haul loose grain, it was sacked out of the threshing machine.
Securing permission to hunt is top priority
Permission to actively hunt on another’s property is increasingly hard to come by. Getting it is tough enough, keeping it is another challenge.
Mums the word on trashing traditions
There is such hatred of PromPosals and Homecoming Asks that entire internet conversations will devolve into name calling among adults over the very topic.
Slipping away like morning fog
Alan Guebert recalls mid-September mornings on his father's dairy farm.
Harvest season is around the corner
Grain prices trending lower as harvest season nears.
Local meat and the cooperative business model
Attend Local Meat and the Cooperative Business Model workshop, Thursday, at 11 a.m. at the Small Farm Center, at the Farm Science Review.
Animal activists still targeting livestock, dairy producers
While we’re protecting and caring for livestock every day, Editor Susan Crowell reminds us there’s a huge faction out there who says you are evil and should be stopped.
