Tag: farming
Cover crop field guide available as mobile app
The Midwest Cover Crops Council's field guide is available as a mobile app for smartphones and tablets.
Truth is constant; beliefs will vary
Farmers are steeped in epistemology because they know that dogma won't raise a crop, wean a calf or repay the banker. That takes knowledge and hard work.
Phone to farmer: Fungus on the way, time to spray
The struggle against plant disease will never end, but farmers can now get a boost from the computer-in-a-pocket called the smartphone.
Young Pa. couple builds horse logging business
Dehan Courtney, 33, and his wife, Rebecca, 30, of Mercer, Pa., run Logging with Horses and have a growing herd of Brabant draft horses.
Lancaster Co. farmer posts top soybean yield: 97 bu.
Hershey Farms LLC was Pennsylvania’s top producer in the 2018 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest, with a winning yield of 97.19 bushels per acre.
How closely did you read Farm and Dairy in 2018?
We were busy at the Farm and Dairy this year, bringing you the latest agriculture news. How closely did you read? Take this quiz to find out.
Turning marginal ground into a water quality a win for farmers
Marginal lands could become useful and potentially profitable if they are planted with perennial bioenergy crops such as shrub willow and switchgrass.
Trying to stay above water in the farming industry
Farmers are being challenged by climate change, retreating stock prices, large crop yields, an overdue farm bill, ongoing trade wars and more.
Financial factors farmers should consider in 2019
The year ahead will present some fiscal opportunities for farmers, but also many challenges.
Farmers seeing some reason for hope
Farmers seeing brighter days on the horizon, according to Purdue University's recent survey in October.
