Get ready as cold weather continues
This year's colder-than-usual weather reinforces the need to be prepared.
Grazing livestock? Please pass the salt
Salt is an item commonly used in livestock feed rations and because it's used so regularly, it is easy to forget the importance of...
GOP House hardliners are again threatening farm bill
Alan Guebert details the most recent barriers to passing a new farm bill, which has already been delayed and should have been finalized in 2023.
Spring needs to bring two thaws: Snow and ag trade
Early February reports from the USDA strongly suggest that average 2019 crop yields will deliver less than average prices.
Springtime fever and imaginations
The best gifts of Judith Sutherland's childhood weren't gifts at all, but games played on the stage of her imagination.
FSA Andy for August 7, 2008
Hello again!
This year has found everyone in the office helping do acreage reports and sign producers into the Direct Counter-Cyclical Program.
Sometimes, one can...
Growing in high tunnels takes planning
High tunnels make it possible to grow crops in cooler conditions and extend the growing season.
Maximize forage quality or reduce soil compaction?
If we harvest forages as soon as possible on wet soils what are the consequences? Get the answers in this week's All About Grazing column.
Ask FSA Andy about loans
Hello again,
One of the greatest challenges facing U.S. farmers is marketing their production at a profit. The last couple of years, corn and soybeans...
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
