Colin Woodall is the senior vice president of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “In politics, especially in our industry, when you look at the political perspective, we are always asking ourselves ‘Are we better off today than we were a year ago?’” Woodall’s an...

When employees are interviewed and hired, they want to know about pay and other compensation. Lisa Holden, Penn State Extension, says employers need to explain to employees that cash wages and total compensation are two different things. “Wages are more about the standard for your local area rather ...

Dr. Scott Barao, retired from the University of Maryland as state beef extension specialist, is now the executive director of the Jorgensen Family Foundation, which was created in 1997 to conduct beef and forage research for the benefit of farmers in the mid-Atlantic. Hedgeapple Farm in Buckeystown,...

Many farmers take pride in handling every aspect of the farm work themselves. The reality is, however, that there are situations in which hiring someone else to do the work can save time, labor, and stress. “Each crop has a short window in which it can be planted and harvested. Practices such as fer...

On any given day, Mary Jane Turnley might be checking newborn calves, feeding cattle or delivering hay. For a city girl, she’s come a long way. Mary Jane knows she’s one of very few women doing what she’s doing. Not only is she a female farmer, but she’s a full-time farmer working alongside her husb...

For years people have heard that Texas and Florida has had a problem with feral hogs. It is estimated that of the possibly 6 million of these hogs in the United States, Texas is dealing with at least 2.3 million of them and that Florida has close to a million. They are omnivorous, eating anything th...

Every day, feeders at thousands of dairy farms deface the bunker silos in order to feed the herd. The job involves heavy equipment, operated in close proximity to a wall of grain. Too often, basic safety practices are overlooked during the filling, packing, feeding and maintaining of the bunker silo...

TUCKER, GA — A Millsboro, DE poultry farm was one of six farms nationwide to be recognized for environmental excellence during the 2018 International Production & Processing Expo, recently held in Atlanta. Baker’s Acres Farm was awarded the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s (USPOULTRY) Family Farm En...

GENEVA, NY — What’s lurking in your forages? Hopefully not mycotoxins, invisible chemical compounds produced by certain mold species that are harmful and even fatal for the animals that eat it. John Winchell, representative from Alltech, spoke on the insidious pathogens at the recent New York Certif...