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Posted on August 20, 2025
“My dream is to have a cell phone-based device that I can take to the farm and tell you exactly which bacteria are making your animal sick, and exactly which antibiotic at which dose is going to make it get healthy fast. But we’re a long way away,” Erika Ganda said during a recent interview on the “...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on August 20, 2025
The Gould family of Canandaigua, NY, has plenty to crow about, considering their wins at the Ontario County Fair. “It went great,” said Lisa Gould, mom of Emma, 10, whose rooster won Reserve Grand Champion Male in the 4-H show. “He’s such a good boy and he deserves the trophy,” Gould added. The 4-H’...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on August 20, 2025
The official hurricane season for the Mid-Atlantic runs June 1 through the end of November. Some predictions say this tropical storm season might be bad, so there’s plenty of monitoring going on. The potential for dangerous flooding may increase if heavy rain falls on already soaked ground. Thankful...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on August 20, 2025
Turn back time a half century, to my Cooperative Extension career as a dairy and field crops agent. I tried to get farmers to mentally break down their businesses into three parts: cows, heifers and crops. Perhaps an oversimplification, but this approach helped them home in on possible “weak links” ...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on August 19, 2025
American Dairy Association North East dropped the curtain on the 57th annual butter sculpture at the Great New York State Fair on Aug. 19, sponsored by Wegmans. Titled “Dairy for Good: Nourish. Grow. Thrive,” it celebrates the joy and nourishment dairy provides at every stage of life – and is inspir...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on August 13, 2025
For the Kerrick family in Savannah, NY, Brown Swiss is the breed. “They’re good girls and such a fun breed,” said Jess Kerrick, who along with her husband Mike and their children raise Brown Swiss at their small farm, Bixby Wood Swiss. The family has one milking Brown Swiss, two dry and “more heifer...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on August 13, 2025
If routine corn field scouting results in the discovery of leaves with multiple black, unevenly shaped spots, it might be corn tar spot. In a recent presentation, Andrew Kness, University of Maryland Extension, discussed this relatively new corn disease. “Tar spot of corn is a disease caused by the ...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on August 13, 2025
“Manure management is becoming more of a challenge,” said Peter Wright. “The issues of sustainability are becoming more real. The societal impacts of manure constrain some farms, and there is an economic component.” An ag engineer at Cornell University, Wright said the big picture for manure storage...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on August 13, 2025
As the last of the harvest comes in and the fields begin to rest for winter, the energy shifts. The air feels heavier, the nights stretch longer. You can feel it – the turning of the year! Samhain (pronounced sOW-in) marks the end of the harvest season and the start of the darker half of the year. I...
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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...