Country Folks
April 15, 2026
"There are horror stories from people about leases going bad. Often, when you dig deeper, it was a verbal agreement or it was a lease agreement that w...
Country Folks
Part 1: Cyberthreats are real
by Sally Colby 
April 15, 2026
Part 1: Cyberthreats are real The reality of cybercrime for livestock farms is almost too easy. Most farms have internet access, which means they are ...
Country Folks
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant 
April 15, 2026
As a growing body of research indicates, nitrogen fixing microbials may not help farmers significantly improve their corn yields. Dr. Charlie White, s...
Country Folks
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant 
April 15, 2026
Boosting the quality of forage can directly affect a farm’s bottom line. Jessica Williams, marketing manager for green harvesting for Massey Ferguson ...
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Crop Comments A15 
April 15, 2026
Ten days after spring 2026 started, a serious electric storm hit our part of Central New York. During the early pre-dawn, lightning bolts struck (fort...
Country Folks
by Sally Colby 
April 8, 2026
Manure safety might seem like a boring, overdone topic, but that isn’t the case when farmers continue to die in manure-related accidents. In many case...
Country Folks, Dairy
by Joseph Armstrong 
May 27, 2026
Giant farms dominate the dairy landscape. According to Jon Winsten with the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC), the last 20 years ha...
Country Folks
by Sally Colby 
May 27, 2026
Nearly everyone looks forward to retirement, and many anticipate collecting Social Security. However, planning is essential. Paula Ledney, Penn State ...
Country Folks
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant 
May 27, 2026
Herbicide resistance is an increasing problem for soybean growers. Resistance leaves fewer tools for operators to combat weeds. Vipan Kumar, Ph.D., pr...
Country Folks, Crop Comments
Crop Comments
Crop Comments A7 
May 27, 2026
According to Dan Quinn, Purdue University agronomist, examining corn ears from your fields helps estimate what yield might be. Examining corn ears pri...
