Building a root cellar
Hobby farmers, urban farmers, gardeners and back-to-the-land survivalists are using root cellars to store vegetables throughout the winter months. Here's an easy way to make your own.
Was Pappy Maverick wrong? (When buying land isn’t a good idea for farmers)
World population, U.S. farm productivity, Earl Butz and Bret Maverick: What should farmers believe?
NASS report speculates farmers are on the way to record high corn production
NASS forecasts 76.4 million acres of soybeans for harvest this year. If realized, this will be the second largest harvested acreage on record and NASS forecasts this year’s corn yield at 154.4 bushels per acre, the third-highest yield on record.
Fertilizer prices headed lower
The break-up of a Russian potash cartel is part of what’s triggering the fertilizer market upheaval.
Are smartphones changing photography?
Although cell phone cameras are a recent innovation, they continue nearly 150 years of tradition that photography should be broadly accessible and an extension of our own experience.
2013 Mercer Co. 4-H Roundup livestock sale totals nearly $142,000
This year's market livestock sale at the Mercer County (Pa.) 4-H Roundup totaled nearly $142,000.
Discovery! Oldest European fort in the inland U.S. found in Appalachians
Move over The Lost Colony and Jamestown, a new fort has the distinction of being the oldest European fort in the inland United States.
Ag officials, county health department urge residents to discard raw milk
Consumers and retailers who purchased raw milk from Green Acres Jersey Farm, 725 Prescott Road, Lebanon, should discard it immediately due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination found in a recent sample collected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
What’s the dairy outlook for the rest of the year?
As the new corn and soybean crops are harvested, feed prices should drop sharply, making lower milk prices more bearable.
‘Golden’ Guernsey family in western Pa. helps mark All-American Dairy Show golden anniversary
Tucked in the far southwestern corner of Pennsylvania, John and Dorothy Marchezak juggled the demands of a dairy operation and raising children, Patty, Jan and John E. They bottled their own milk, with a door-to-door delivery route, and sold meat from their Washington County farm.
