BROADWAY, VA – Recently, over three dozen members of Shenandoah Valley’s ag community attended an afternoon field day about building resilient soils at the farm of Mike Phillips. Phillips has long endeavored to incorporate management techniques on his farm which improve soil health. The long-term go...

It’s the merry month of May! This past month has been a busy one for trailering horses – many returning from down south where they spent the winter back up to where they can enjoy the beautiful weather in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Temperatures are warming up fast, schools are getting ready to ...

For the past few years, Paul Jannke of Forest Economic Advisors has been leading an annual webinar discussing where he sees the North American lumber market going within the next year. This year’s host, Chris Laughton from Farm Credit East, introduced Jannke as “the industry’s top economic analyst.”...

In April, Robert (Bob) Maltsbarger, a senior research economist with the Food & Ag Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri, partnered with Farm Credit East and took some time to explain the predictions and trends for the 2024 grain and oilseed business in the U.S. Maltsbarger focused...

“You have to make the time for proper soil health.” This was the thesis of Dr. Heather Darby’s presentation at a recent workshop in Fort Plain, NY. Darby is a soil and agronomic specialist with the University of Vermont. It’s easy to forego the soil health part of your program – especially when you’...

I’m hoping that growing season 2024 behaves much more normally than its predecessor did. Last year boasted some of the planet’s highest average temperatures ever recorded. At the same time, I’m hard-pressed to forget 2012. While not as hot as 2023, the lack of rainfall was epic 12 years ago. Most up...

The weather forecast for the weekend just past was for rain, possibly a thunderstorm. I remember hoping that we would get the latter; such would make me feel more comfortable making my first fall frost forecast. On the afternoon of April 14 as we were driving to Oneonta, we encountered enough rain t...

When dairy farmers in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic learned that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, also known as H5N1) was affecting dairy cattle in Texas, most weren’t concerned. However, the virus has since been identified in dairy cattle in several other states including Idaho, Kansas, New ...

The North American Renderers Association (NARA) is proud to announce that the second annual National Rendering Day will be observed on April 21. Last year at the inaugural National Rendering Day, NARA and National Day Calendar issued a proclamation recognizing rendering with this important national ...