Eye-raising bids: Youth raise more than $7 million through projects
SALEM, Ohio - Exhibitor checks have been cut, county fair livestock committees' work is slowing and some livestock projects are well under way for next year.
What should field trials really tell corn growers?
MADISON, Wis. - This is the time of year when growers are evaluating test plots and decisions begin to be made about hybrids for 2007.
Growing demand for artisan cheese
SALEM, Ohio - Artisan cheese making is typically associated with dairy farms and rural culture, but the industry is changing shape as new entrepreneurs make their way into the business.
A bridge across farm/nonfarm divide
INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels inaugurated the first nationwide
Columbiana SWCD honors Lindsays
Spread that holiday cheer
It's time to tell us your best Christmas tales. Send a fictional or personal story to Farm and Dairy's holiday story conest by Dec.
Does banding fertilizer close to soybean seeds improve production?
ST. PAUL, Minn. -
One year at one site does not yield an accurate picture
MADISON, Wis. - Be extremely wary of test plots that are not replicated, or only have a "check" or "tester" hybrid every five to 10 hybrids, warns Joe Lauer, University of Wisconsin agronomist.
Dairy industry divided
SALEM, Ohio - Some see it as a marketing gimmick. Some think it's a scare tactic. And some say it's a perfectly legitimate concern.













