Crop deficiency symptoms: Can you read the signs in your fields?
If not, it's time to go out and gather some information.
Cut your silage losses in bunker silos
Forage is too valuable to be lost because bunker silos or silage piles are sized incorrectly or inadequately managed, expert says.
Farm payments policing inadequate
The USDA isn't adequately policing recipients of federal farm program payments, according to a General Accounting Office report.
High nitrate in groundwater? Stop fertilizing, but let the cows graze
Farmers with excessive levels of nitrates in groundwater can keep on grazing their cattle - as long as they reduce or eliminate nitrogen fertilizer use.
Kerry vs. Bush: How could he do any worse?
Reader finds presidential campaign rhetoric unbelievable.
PROGRESS: Battelle analysis shows growth in biosciences
Biosciences' growth cuts across manufacturing, services and research and isn't limited to medicine or agriculture.
PROGRESS: Fuel cell efficiency cuts dairy energy costs, pollution
The fuel cell on one New York dairy farm is used to heat the milking parlor during the winter.
PROGRESS: Study drives home benefits of GPS auto guidance for farmers
Corn Belt farmers who relinquish the wheel in their tractors can profit handsomely.
Reader pleased to ‘Read It Again’
A brief mention in Farm and Dairy's weekly historical review made reader's day.
USDA: Milk prices softer in 2005
Dairy markets in 2005 will be greatly affected by how long 2004 prices remain at record levels.
