The poster child for marginal ground

Most farmers in the northeast aren’t doing much baling in April, but because of the early winter and persistent snow cover in the winter of 2013/2014, it was impossible for Andy Bater to harvest his crop until just a month ago. Bater’s crop is

Country Folks, Dairy

Happy Holsteins are worth the trip

by Sally Colby

July 22, 2026

A dairy farm with proximity to urban and suburban areas is ideally situated to create a high-traffic location for marketing farm-fresh products. Klein...

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Worker training, retraining & retention

by Sally Colby

July 22, 2026

Recruiting and hiring are the first steps to adding the right employees to a dairy farm, but training and retraining are essential to keeping them. Ho...

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Crop Comments

Crop Comments: Cabbage’s cousins counter soilborne pathogens

Crop Comments A8

July 22, 2026

The Brassica genus boasts in its membership many of our most well-known vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, rutabaga, turnips, kohlrabi, Bruss...

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Agritourism that can sustain & regenerate people, place & planet

by Courtney Llewellyn

July 15, 2026

More farmers than ever are interested in and practicing regenerative agriculture these days. They are focused on putting more back into their land and...