Media, meet the Midwest farming crisis
I hope these reporters who pulled on boots and tramped out to flooded corn and soybean fields will keep those contacts handy. Keep following this story. Because it may impact your box of cereal or the cost of your tires in the future.
Lessons from a livestock guardian dog
I spent most of my life saying, vehemently, I wasn’t a dog person. That has changed, and I have livestock guardian dogs to thank. One, in particular, actually. His name is Houdini, and he was the first livestock guardian dog I trained.
Farming lessons from the Appalachian Trail
From her 79-mile section hike of the Appalachian Trail, Editor Susan Crowell uncovered hiking lessons that can easily be translated into farming (or life!) wisdom.
The opioid epidemic: Every life is worth saving
Some readers may think the subject of drug addiction doesn’t belong in the pages of Farm and Dairy. Editor Susan Crowell explains why it does.
Have yourself a Hallmark Christmas
When life becomes too hectic, too depressing, too whatever, there’s nothing like a good Hallmark Christmas movie.
Farm safety: Protecting our oldest and youngest
Every day, a routine farm task — one someone has possibly done “a thousand times” — turns into a farm accident because we just don’t think the unthinkable will ever happen to us.
Pennsylvania dairy farmers to Perdue: we’re struggling
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hails the 2018 Farm Bill and renewed dairy margin coverage program, calling it a "good time" to be in dairy, despite Pennsylvania dairy farmers' concerns that production costs far outweigh their portion of the profits.
Small minds should have no place here
One stolen political sign is a sad harbinger of the times for Rebecca Miller.
Remembering my Dad: We can all be that ‘somebody’
Words to live by, from Editor Susan Crowell's father, Don Miller: “Somebody needs to do those things, so it might as well be me.”
3D food printers: Create lunch with flip of a switch
Editor Susan Crowell thought she'd heard or read it all. "But, trust me, you haven’t," she says. There’s now a 3D printer for cheese.
