Saturday, August 29, 2026

District Extension Dairy Specialist veers from her normal dairy channels this week to explore the world of cricket farming. Yep, that's right. Crickets.

What was it like to be lured by the pamphlets and the rhetoric, to head West for land, lots of land, just by homesteading it. Columnist Judith Sutherland wonders just that is a series starting in this week's column.

Agriculture lost its voice in the recent Florida ballot issue to prohibit the use of gestation stalls for sows.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb may be handing over the kitchen torch to her youngest daughter, if Kathie's latest concoction is any indication.

Columnist Judith Sutherland shares why she thinks Veteran's Day should be observed more than just once a year.

Bernie Erven writes on farm management, sharing the fact that the top manager sets the tone for everyone else in a business.

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about motifs illustrating birds and flowers painted on large barns common in eastern Pennsylvania.

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the new creature sharing her yard.

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

80 years ago this week. The average rate of wages of U.S. male farm labor Oct. 1 was $28.97 a month, with board....