This is not what we meant by ‘chill out’
Let us all take a moment to remember Summer 2014. That was a great day.
Thinking ahead for silage safety
While injury and fatality statistics for silage harvesting and storage are not easily tabulated, few operations present more hazards.
Parlor games and summer chores
As summer winds toward fall, this has been a year constantly ahead of itself, it seems.
Is your livestock’s water reducing profit?
Limiting water intake reduces animal performance quicker and more drastically than any other nutrient deficiency.
The basic science of Harmful Algal Blooms
A little phosphorus makes Lake Erie the "Walleye Capital of the World," but too much phosphorus can lead to harmful algal blooms.
Ask FSA Andy about conservation plans
This week found yellow school buses screeching to a stop to pick up children with overstuffed backpacks and a lunch box in their hand, excited for their first day of school
Winning the race for beef demand
As we get ready for preweaning shots and deworming, I think these calves are in the homestretch.
Huge crop or early frost: Race is on
Crunch time in the grain markets: If we confirm a huge crop with early harvest, the lows are not yet in.
New Coke, typesetting and tractors
The year I started at Farm and Dairy — 1985 — Coca-Cola attempted to change its 99-year-old formula to attract younger drinkers.
Anyone remember “New”...
Hard work, embracing change pays dividends on the farm
Farm lessons included 'hard work, taking nothing for granted.'
