Increasingly, headlines spotlight weather and climate events – most of which are bad news. In the last week of September, Hurricane Helene received her fair share of media attention. Hurricane Milton got his turn with TV and online coverage Oct. 1 – 10. Now, a month into autumn, tropical cyclone sea...

Robert and Linda Groom moved their family from Scotland to the U.S. 26 years ago with a plan. Their goal was to start a cattle operation. Today, they’re running one in the Finger Lakes region of New York where they raise registered Angus and Charolais seedstock. In addition to selling breeding stock...

There are a ton of agricultural grants available, but knowing which ones you qualify for and taking your time to fill them out is essential. The MSU Center for Regional Food Systems recently hosted a webinar to help farmers prepare to fill out their applications – and laid out the steps to success. ...

For producers interested in raising livestock under organic standards, Jackie Schweichler, staff attorney, Center for Agricultural & Shale Law at Penn State, has some tips. The organic industry is the fastest growing segment of American agriculture. “As of 2021, sales of food and non-food organic pr...

Originally, the Christmas holiday season started with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. But in recent years the commercial thrust for getting people to buy presents inches forward on the calendar toward Halloween. For too many shoppers and merchants, the dollar signs are becoming more important than t...

If there’s one more thing farmers could do during harvest season, they might like to talk with drivers of passenger vehicles to let them know what it’s like to drive large equipment on roadways. To emphasize the serious nature of what happens when passenger vehicles make contact with farm equipment,...

“Which is better? Winter wheat or cereal rye?” asked Kate Brown of Rutgers Cooperative Extension at a Northeast Cover Crops Council meeting. “I often see this come up in cover crop forums – people asking for the end-all-be-all answer – and I think there’s a lot at play.” Cereal rye and winter wheat ...

Solar development has been increasing in popularity in the U.S. recently, and there’s been a lot of discussion about incorporating more solar panels on agricultural land. This has caused a lot of tension, as farmers are concerned about a potential drop in the ag economy as well as the loss of prime ...

Recently we visited our friend Emily and Morgan, who is now 20 years old. Morgan was always a robust mare who was considered an “easy keeper,” and it was important to keep close watch on her diet to be sure she didn’t gain extra weight. However, Emily had noticed over the past couple of months that ...