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How to choose the best companion plants for herbs

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Companion planting is a technique gardeners use to reduce maintenance and deter pests. Learn which garden plants make ideal companions for common herbs.

The West Virginia white butterfly: A fading forest gem

Saturday, April 20, 2024

For a brief time, between late March and mid-May, the West Virginia white flutters throughout woodlands across areas of the northeastern United States.

USDA still runs the most expensive manure-making program in the world

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Alan Guebert considers USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentive Program and how the money is typically distributed to address environmental problems.

$1 billion to refinance status quo won’t stop ag pandemics

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Alan Guebert recommends the USDA consider how animals are raised rather than issuing payments as part of its highly pathogenic avian influenza action plan.

Wild leeks: Spring is RAMPing up!

Friday, April 5, 2024

Tami Gingrich loves ramp season in Ohio; however, she cautions readers not to overharvest them and provides tips for foraging responsibly.

Mud madness or spring renovations?

Thursday, April 4, 2024

These best management practices can help horse owners keep their pastures and fields in the best condition possible, despite muddy spring weather.

Tips for growing the best tomatoes

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Eric Keller offers some tips for growing better tomatoes and increasing production in a vegetable garden.

Vernal pools: Vulnerable ecosystems

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Vernal pools provide seasonal breeding grounds to a host of amphibians and other species. As more of them disappear, so do the animals that rely on them.

Wood frogs usher in leap year

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Forest floors across northern North America are waking up as wood frogs prepare for their annual explosive breeding event.

Reader writes from prison about hopes for life after

Friday, February 16, 2024

A Farm and Dairy readers writes from prison about his aspirations to start a career in agriculture after his sentence.