Each summer, the Suffolk County Farm & Education Center in Yaphank, NY, run by CCE Suffolk, hums with campers. They’re in the pastures with livestock, doing crafts in the fields, performing in talent shows in the historic hay barn or taking wagon rides. “Camp is so much more than just a supervised p...

REMSEN, NY – Not many want to be labeled “disrupters,” but in Leon Atwell’s context of improving pasture fields, being disruptive and adaptive in his land management approaches has served him well in the North Country, where the snow is measured in feet. Forty farmers from Oneida, Madison, Herkimer,...

The statistics are sobering: cybercrime was a $14 billion business in 2024. Worse, cybercrimes are no longer the work of teenagers in basements gaining access to others’ computers. Dr. Doug Jacobson, director of the Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach, explained how ...

Coghlan Mullen arrived in early October to show his hogs at the Big E in West Springfield, MA. His showed a hog named Amy, born in January 2026, of a hog breed he called “Spot,” and a mixed breed hog named Tammy. “Amy is a Spotted Poland China but the breed is most commonly referred to as just ‘Spot...

At a National Agricultural Law Center presentation, Grant Ballard and Kristine Tidgren provided an update on tax implications for farms related to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Ballard is a partner with Ark Ag Law, PLLC and Tidgren is with Iowa State University serving as an adjunct associ...

This title is the opinion of my friend, Certified Crop Advisor Tom Kilcer. I’ll explain the logic behind his statement. He said with the current geopolitical situation, the supply of available fertilizer has been squeezed. Consequently, the price of fertilizer ingredients has increased, threatening ...

In the past, many dairy and beef producers had nothing nice to say about dairy progeny, which were usually purebred Holsteins, entering the beef supply chain. Dr. Tara Felix, associate professor and beef Extension specialist at Penn State, said that thinking has changed. “That’s a significant portio...

A good bull can make a cow/calf operation more profitable for years. A poor one can deliver a costly collection of calving complications, disappointing calves and missed opportunities. For beef producers preparing to buy their next herd sire, the difference between those outcomes starts long before ...

Protein is having a moment – high-protein diets, protein-fortified foods and even protein-fortified coffee. But it’s leaving dairy farmers and processors wondering why it’s not as easy to bump up protein in the bulk tank as it is to increase butterfat. According to Mike Van Amburgh, a professor of d...