Reality: Dairymen are hurting
Dairy farmers are operating in a very different market than their parents or grandparents did.
Farmers, channel your inner Rooster
It's the Chinese Year of the Rooster, and one of the rooster's 'virtues' is management. Farmers should take note, says Editor Susan Crowell: This year has to be the year you focus on your management game.
Revisiting an old Hazard a Guess Mystery
Hello from Hazard!
After our deadline last week, Kenny Simballa, of Lisbon, Ohio, stopped by the office to also identify Item No. 1070, which stumped...
Explore outdoors with a child
Without being introduced to the outdoors, it's difficult to develop a passion for conserving the environment.
What’s NCBA hiding in the checkoff closet?
If it's nothing, you should know. If it's something, that's an even greater reason for you to know. NCBA knows. You don't. Why?
Embracing change with gratitude
When it comes to change, who among us loves it? Change is challenging, inevitably hard on either the heart or the brain, sometimes both.
Each animal has its own way to overwinter
Right now, wood frogs are frozen solid. The body is rigid, breathing ceases and the heart stops beating. They have perfected the cryogenic freezing process. They are literally "frogsicles."
Ask FSA Andy about reminders for producers
Here at the FSA office we have some yearly reminders that all producers should be aware of, such as reporting operations changes and crop acreage.
It’s deer shed hunting season
Most whitetail bucks will have dropped last year's antlers by the end of January and once it is a shed, it represents a coveted prize to the first person to find it.
Trade-offs in management of endophyte-infected tall fescue
Livestock that consume endophyte-infected fescue may experience symptoms associated with ergot alkaloid toxicity. Long-term exposure to tall grass fescue containing toxic endophytes may lead to fescue foot and fat necrosis.
