June 24, 2026

The mysterious pasture circles

News outlets jump at a chance to lm mysteri ous, celestial, crop circles and wax paranormal about their meaning. I wish they showed the same enthusiasm for “pasture circles” and their real benet to feeding our biological systems. May be we can get cows to strategically poop as a cool art form instead of just a life-giving soil amendment.

Country Folks

A delicate balance

by Sally Colby

June 24, 2026

Small ruminants have some challenging health issues. One problem occurs almost exclusively in males and can be deadly. In a recent presentation, Dr. H...

Country Folks

Workplace culture on the farm

by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

June 24, 2026

“Workplace culture” seems like a term for boardrooms, not bunk silos and milking parlors. But the right atmosphere in agriculture can make a differenc...

Country Folks, Crop Comments

Crop Comments

Crop Comments: Finger Lakes grower requests fertilizer recommendation

Crop Comments A13

June 24, 2026

About a month after the Strait of Hormuz blockade began, a farmer named Ken called me, asking me to formulate fertilizers for his small cropping opera...

Country Folks, Dairy

What separates the best organic dairy farms from the rest

by Sonja Heyck-Merlin

June 17, 2026

“We want to identify what are the top management practices that explain the best milk quality in organic dairy farms,” said Carlos Nino de Guzman, a d...