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Posted on January 1, 2025
TUCSON, AZ – Farmers from around the East Coast fed their animals, put another log on the fire, packed their bags and took to the friendly skies, joining over 540 farmers and ranchers at the sold out ninth National Grazing Lands Coalition (NatGLC) Conference Dec. 4 – 6. The journey suggested “The sk...
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Laura Rodley 
Posted on January 1, 2025
Eric and Michele Starbard work side by side at Crystal Brook Farm. Their dog Percy keeps close beside them. They sell raw milk in their farm store that is open seven days a week. They also sell hay and run a sawmill. The farm has been designated a Massachusetts Century Farm by the Massachusetts Farm...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on January 1, 2025
Several months ago, my friend Corey called me with a cattle feeding question. He oversees a small biodynamic dairy in Columbia County, NY. He had just gotten the bulk tank results back from the lab. They told him that milk urea nitrogen (MUN) was running 25 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl). MUN is a...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on December 25, 2024
Raising heifers has changed over the years, and Penn State ag engineer John Tyson said there are still some new concepts in heifer housing. “Calves and heifers represent the best genetic potential on the farm,” said Tyson, who spoke recently at the Penn State Dairy Nutrition Workshop. “That’s why we...
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Edith Tucker 
Posted on December 25, 2024
“Our motto is ‘Looking Forward since 1806.’ We strive to consider the earth and our community and to grow a more efficient and sustainable business,” explained Steven Barstow II, one of the four owners of Barstow’s Longview Farm in Hadley, MA. Thomas Jefferson was president when Septimus Barstow est...
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Andy Haman 
Posted on December 25, 2024
“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” Sarah Cornelisse of Penn State Extension began a recent webinar with that Bill Gates quote. Complaints have value: Your clientele care about the ultimate success of your business and complaints offer a unique window into prospect...
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jkarkwren, Sally Colby 
Posted on December 25, 2024
As the livestock industry takes hits for its purported role in global warming, researchers are working on science-based concepts for potential methane reduction from dairy cattle. Dr. Guillermo Boggio, University of Wisconsin post-doctoral research associate, explained that methane emissions represe...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on December 25, 2024
The North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) celebrated its 56th anniversary in 2024. Walking through the barns of the Kentucky Exposition Center, livestock of all kinds are prepared to walk the green shavings. Farmers and breeders from across the country can be seen conversing abou...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on December 25, 2024
As this year’s first cutting hay-making season was going great, I expected that warmer-than-normal conditions might harm hay quality. I knew that Northeast growing degree days were piling up unusually fast. To wrap my mind around ongoing crop performance data, I contacted Mike Reuter, an analytic se...
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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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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...
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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...