Thursday, May 7, 2026
trail

After 44 years of working in the soil and water conservation world, Jeff Van Loon plans on retiring at the end of June.
farmland

As agriculture becomes more corporate, farmers and their families lose their connection to the land.

By cutting poison hemlock down after flowering, you can eliminate its potential to produce more seeds. Peak bloom for is in late May and early June.
Baltimore oriole

Scott Shalaway shares his favorite birds of the spring migration.
cattle

Having “good cattle” isn’t a destination you reach-you have to keep after it.
campfire

Registration is open for Camp Canopy, a week-long camp for high school students interested in learning more about forestry and wildlife.
beer

Today Kymberly Foster Seabolt's son is 21. He hasn’t bought a major appliance yet, but he is now old enough to buy a beer.

There’s something wrong with a process that delivers a farm bill so flawed groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum join forces to condemn it.

Help us identify this week's mystery antique tool! This cast iron item comes to us from Blackie Sleeva of Flushing, Ohio.
Capitol dome, Washington D.C., Farm and Dairy file photo

The 2018 farm bill will be enacted on behalf of food consumers, and not food producers. Editor Susan Crowell explores the implications.