Planning your fall/winter grazing
August is the month to begin planning your fall/winter grazing.
By the end of August many practices will have to be implemented in order to maximize forage production.
Crop report prompts prognostication
It happened again the other evening, just as it happens every year after the USDA farmer-rattling August Crop Production Report.
Horses ‘utterly horror-stricken’
"For those who did not drive one, automobiles were an unmitigated nuisance and often provided even dangerous situations.
Spider Savvy: Small, select natural wonder
I trimmed some overgrown weeds at the back of our house. Although they bother my wrists, I chose my manual hand trimmers because they are quiet compared to my electric trimmers.
Survival of a young country doctor
"Dog trainers have a saying that in order to train a dog one must know more than the dog. In order to drive a horse in dangerous situations, one must know more than the horse.
Let’s recall, then recite the August Farm Creed
Columnist Alan Guebert says the markets need to take August off.
Start reducing costs of winter feed
Grazing expert tells you what to do now to prepare for winter feeding.
Afternoon by Lake Milton
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about a day of relaxation.
Sowing my wild popcorn
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt does the unthinkable.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Aug. 12, 2004.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.













