The Vegetable Vigil
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb wonders where parents went wrong in getting children to eat vegetables.
Managing higher fertilizer prices
Learn more about farm management practices that may help you offset the increasing costs of fertilizer.
Pollinators wildly interesting this time of year
A few days ago my eyes began to itch. Grass and tree pollen trigger allergies that will continue until the first frost. But pollen...
The ag cycle is stuck on repeat
The message from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum in late February was pretty clear: In 2016, we will again grow more farm goods -- and, in some cases, far more -- than the U.S. and world markets can profitably use.
A time to plant, a time to reap
Columnist Judith Sutherland enjoys autumn through her memories.
Have you ever seen boiling manure?
We needed frozen ground. Mud was getting old. Nonfarm types complained about the cold, those whose manure storages were over-full were glad to see sustained temps below freezing.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Dec. 26, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Cartel capers: Belarus and Russia
There are two reasons to keep up-to-speed on the fast pace of events in what would seem to be the very dull world of...
For noninsured crops, consider NAP
Hello Friends!
My kids love Halloween, and judging from the decorations on some of the houses around the mile, there are several adults in my...
Corn, soybeans sink on winter news
USDA says we may plant 96 million acres of corn. They look for 76 million acres of soybeans, although there is some thinking that we could see as much as 79.75 million acres. Last year we planted 77.198 million.
