Tag: farming
Pa. leads US in number of farms selling directly to...
More than 167,000 U.S. farms locally produced and sold food through direct marketing practices, resulting in $8.7 billion in revenue in 2015.
5 tips to protect your farmland
When it comes to personal property, farmers and rural landowners have a lot at stake. Learn more about how to better protect your personal assets.
How to make a straw bale garden
If you’d like to grow fresh fruits and vegetables without the challenges of a traditional garden, a straw bale garden may be the right choice for you.
Future of agricultural trade is unclear
U.S. farmers who grow an abundance of corn and soybeans will be right there at the top of this changing tide.
Warm weather makes calving season pleasant
As one result, we calved the first quarter of our herd a month before the first day of spring with no losses. Our calves should be the healthiest ever.
3 measures to deal with severe farm debt
If you can't resolve financial stress before it's severe, selling inventory and capital assets or liquidating cash and investments can help.
Women farmers: we have what it takes
It’s going to take a lot of female farmers to feed the future. We will get there faster if we do it together and help one another along the way.
If you use a cell phone, thank Jessee Russell
Even though I don't like all the things cell phones have brought us, I do understand that they have become an important tool on today's family farm.
Measure your farm’s financial health
How well each farm would fare through the coming years of substantially lower milk prices would be heavily influenced by the financial health of the farm going in.
How to buy time to catch up on farm debt
Need time to catch up with your debt? Learn more about these seven ways farmers can manage their financial liabilities.
