According to Steve Barnhart, Extension agronomist at Iowa State University, the first few frosts of autumn bring the potential for prussic acid poisoning when feeding forages. Some forage species, primarily sorghums and closely related species, contain cyanogenic glucosides. These are converted quic...

Here are the silly, spooky stories we printed in our Oct. 30, 2024 editions. Have a happy and safe Halloween! Ghostly tradition continues at Harvest Hollow Farm For generations, locals have whispered about eerie happenings at the old barn on Harvest Hollow Farm. This year, those rumors have been con...

One of the keys to a successful dairy program is an excellent feeding management program. James Salfer, Extension educator with the University of Minnesota, has extensive experience developing nutrition standards for both conventional and robotic dairy herds and has seen the results of various progr...

Imagine flying a drone equipped with sprayers across a soybean field, targeting only weeds that eluded the first round of spraying. Or imagine an implement that can kill specific weeds with laser technology. These technologies are not outlandish, and according to Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan of Texas A&...

Keeping farm records for the calendar year and compiling everything at tax time is no one’s idea of fun. Mark Dikeman of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University breaks down essential information and terminology used in farm taxes. Throughout the year, farmers purchase inp...

Over Columbus Day weekend Sue and I were out of town for a mini-vacation, visiting my sister who lives near the Connecticut shore. Prior to leaving Hartwick, we covered up the tomato and pepper plants. Upon returning Monday evening, we noticed that pumpkin foliage (not under cover) was quite scorche...

As of Nov. 5, 2024 , certain classes of cattle and bison will be required to have a permanent electronic identification device (EID) prior to moving across state lines. The tags, often referred to as 840 tags, are placed in the left ear and are both visually and electronically readable. Dr. Alex Tur...

STONY POINT, NC – At Grayhouse Farms, Main Street is the lane which connects the free-stall barns to the parlor. “That’s a thing of beauty,” Jimmy Gray marveled, watching cows heading to the parlor easily move past the cows returning to the barns. “The cows going in passing the cows going out.” On A...

At the end of each Congressional session, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) presents American Farm Bureau Federation’s Friend of Farm Bureau Award. It is given to members of Congress who have supported Farm Bureau policy as shown by their voting records and based on American Farm Bureau Federation prio...