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Posted on September 17, 2025
Even lifelong hunters get sloppy. Comfort turns to complacency and a few small slip-ups can tank your entire season. The truth? Skill isn’t just about what you do, it’s also about what you avoid. Here are four common mistakes even seasoned hunters still make – and what to do instead – to stay at the...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on September 17, 2025
Heather Darby, agronomic and soils specialist for University of Vermont Extension, has a “love/hate relationship with cover crops.” “It’s not always going to work out,” she said in her opening remarks presenting “Modifying Cropping Systems to Maximize Benefits from Cover Crops.” Darby spoke at the r...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on September 17, 2025
In mid-August, Pecos Bill (aka Wild Bill), a fellow Cornell ag graduate, sought my advice for a particular cropping situation on his Chenango County dairy farm. He said they usually harvest two cuttings of sorghum, in mid-July and late August. But this year, starting wet, then turning dry most of su...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on September 16, 2025
National Farm Safety and Health Week (NFSHW) is taking place this year Sept. 21 – 27. NFSHW is a time to increase awareness of the high risk of accidents and injuries in agriculture and to promote the adoption of life-saving health and safety practices. Despite a slight decrease in total fatal occup...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on September 10, 2025
When a barnyard is partially in concrete and the pasture is little more than holes left by the hooves of beef cattle, what’s the answer? In Craig Alleman’s case, the best solution was more concrete. Alleman’s farm was a mess, with mud and pugging throughout the pastures. Pasture vegetation didn’t st...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on September 10, 2025
For most of history, sheep and goats have been bred by natural service. However, with advances in breeding technology in other livestock, synchronized breeding and artificial insemination (AI) of sheep and goats is becoming more common. Lacey Quail, Ph.D., livestock specialist at North Dakota State ...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on September 10, 2025
There’s been a lot of discussion around biosecurity, especially around the ever-changing situation with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) around the world. Lisa Pederson, livestock specialist at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, ND, describes biosecurity as the combination of ...
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Kelsi Devolve 
Posted on September 10, 2025
Everyone knows that Ben & Jerry’s makes delicious ice cream, but most people are not aware of all the environmental and sustainable work they do behind the scenes. Ben & Jerry’s operates on a three-part mission that consists of creating a high-quality product, maintaining a financially sustainable a...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on September 10, 2025
Over the last 15 years, I have become a super believer in winter forages. Winter forages – small grains planted during late summer or early autumn – have been selectively bred to go dormant over winter, then spring to life as soon as prolonged cold weather loosens its icy grip in March or April. Wha...
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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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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
September 24, 2025
According to Tim Terry, farm strategic planning specialist with Cornell University’s PRO-DAIRY , the calf hutch is still the gold standard for raising...