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Posted on March 12, 2025
According to plant geneticists, male sterility means that crops in question will not translocate nutrients for grain or seed production. Almost all of the nutrients remain in the leaves and vegetative plant tissue, producing high-quality forage. With male-sterile sorghums, no grain is produced unles...
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Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on March 5, 2025
The phrase “You can’t raise cattle if you shoot the bull” is a double entendre with both metaphorical and very literal meanings. The first means that nothing gets done if you just stand around yapping. The second costs the beef industry millions of dollars annually. “Foreign material in cattle – why...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on March 5, 2025
Every type of farming has opportunities available. Some will work out and others won’t. “There’s never the right time, only the right risk,” said Jessica Pralle-Trimner of Miltrim Farms Inc ., as she began her presentation “Right People, Right Place, Right Tech” at the recent Operations Manager Conf...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on March 5, 2025
“If you have healthier soils, they have more soil carbon, but not all soil carbon is equal in terms of its long-term sequestration. Some of this soil is more vulnerable to being lost due to climate or even management changes,” said Caitlin Hicks Pries. “So, how can we know that the carbon that we’re...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on March 5, 2025
Hello, farm family! Welcome to “Farmers First,” a new column devoted to your farm’s most important asset: You! Let me introduce myself. I am a fifth-generation farm kid from Rhode Island who provides remote and in-person consulting to farmers who want more satisfying, efficient and peaceful farm liv...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on March 5, 2025
The American Meteorological Society defines “spring snow” as being coarse, granular, wet snow, resembling finely chopped melted ice. Foresters worry that this kind of snow can seriously harm trees. When such heavy snow piles up on branches, the stress can be too much, resulting in fractures. Such br...
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Andy Haman 
Posted on March 4, 2025
The New York Farm Show (NYFS) returned to the state fairgrounds last week in the wake of the latest cold front to grace the Northeast. The show enjoyed great attendance as always. The NYFS is one of the premier agricultural showcases in the state, seeing thousands of visitors each year. The organiza...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on February 26, 2025
As a major poultry producing state, North Carolina has plenty of broiler litter, and university specialists are working to ensure litter is spread at best time and place. However, poultry litter isn’t always available when the crop needs it most. In discussing land application of poultry manure, Ste...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on February 26, 2025
The short growing season in the North means a small window for planting. Unfortunately, current literature suggests the optimal planting dates for corn and soybeans occur at the same time. If planted after the end of April, corn can suffer a loss of 1.75 bushels/acre/day. Soybeans can suffer 0.5 bus...
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Rebecca Long Chaney 
October 22, 2025
While many Maryland farmers continue to battle aggravating regulations, increased input costs and fluctuating market prices, other Old Line State farm...
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Karl H. Kazaks 
October 1, 2025
LOWESVILLE, VA – Deer Creek Farm is a registered Simmental and SimAngus operation owned by Mark and Dana Campbell. Located in western Nelson County wi...
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Enrico Villamaino 
October 22, 2025
In the rolling hills of Jeffersonville, NY, Myers Century Farm is more than just a dairy operation. It’s a living, breathing testament to grit, growth...
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jkarkwren 
October 22, 2025
Grayhouse Farms is the recipient of the 2025 Carolinas Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and be...