Yearly Archives: 2017
Pa. milk’s over-order premium drops
The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board reduced the Class I over-order premium price for milk from $1.60 to $0.75 per hundredweight, beginning Jan. 1.
Farm management winter checklist
Winter always seems like a slower time, but farm and grazing management never take a break. Make sure you've got your best foot forward this spring.
Livestock haulers get waiver from Hours of Service rules
The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted drivers who haul livestock a 90-day waiver from a regulation limiting time behind the wheel.
Dairy and veal farmers face new rules
Rules regarding tail docking of dairy cattle and the housing of veal calves will take effect Jan. 1
Another Winland mystery antique tool! Can you identify it?
This seven inch long antique tool submitted by Randy Winland is a mystery to all of us. Hopefully, you can identify it.
Visiting Hawaii with the Kubalas
Paul and Jeneen Kubala, of Edinburg Township, Ohio, took Farm and Dairy on a 14-day vacation touring four islands in Hawaii. They visited the...
Waiting for Christmas morning
Judith Sutherland recalls that overwhelming feeling of giddy hopefulness, the magic of waiting for Christmas morning in the weeks preceding it.
New ag business awarded
MidAtlantic Farm Credit announced Ben Lee of Rockville, Maryland, as the winner of the first-ever AgPitch competition.
Snowy owl scouting, keep your distance
Snowy owl irruptions into temperate zones delight birders, and this year is shaping up to be a big one, especially near the Great Lakes.
Golden potato could boost developing nations
An experimental “golden” potato could prevent disease and death in developing countries where residents rely heavily on starchy food for sustenance.
