Friday, April 26, 2024
Stolen truck

A Peterbilt sleeper cab truck and a trailer loaded with soybeans was stolen from a western Pennsylvania farm early Aug. 26.

The Portage County Randolph Fair netted more than $500,000 from this year's livestock auction.
head lice

Children’s risk of exposure to head lice goes up with arrival of a new school year.

What’s the tool, the piece of equipment, the software, the person, the thing, that is indispensable on your farm? What is it that you can’t farm without?

Onions are one of the first crops gardeners get in the ground in spring. By late summer, green tops turn brown and flop over,...
Monsanto logo

Monsanto highlights its newest developments in corn and soybeans, and where the company is headed.
farmland preservation

Pennsylvania now leads the US with the most farms, and acres, preserved for agricultural production through its farmland preservation easement program.
Zippy Duvall tours

American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall made a recent swing through Ohio, where he visited a wide variety of farming operations.

Pasture management decisions after a drought situation cannot be separated from the usual pasture management plan. Having managed grazing practices in place can help to get those dry pastures healthy again for this fall and next spring grazing.

The power take-off shaft powers implements attached to the tractor. It is important to recognize that PTO shafts rotate at a speed faster than...