Hay barn fires are a real hazard
Hay fires are caused when bacteria in wet hay create so much heat that the hay spontaneously combusts. Learn how to monitor your haystack.
What to do when you can’t compete
Sometimes, exiting is the best decision for the business and family. Consider the following factors if you decide to exit the dairy farming business.
China’s buying binge goes on for now
China is even hungrier, richer, and more impatient in today’s global food market than anyone thought possible even a decade ago, Alan Guebert explains.
When a correction becomes a retracement
Last week was definitely a “retracement" for the grain markets. Marlin Clark explains in this week's market report.
Stick to what you know to get through tough seasons
In other words, we cannot control the rain or weather, but we can make choices about our management no matter what nature brings our way.
Organic farm rules must be reviewed
Alan Guebert dissects the fight over clear, national and enforceable organic standards.
Cover crops: What are they, why care?
Cover crops also protect the soil from erosion, reduce soil compaction and provide a natural means of suppressing soil diseases and pests.
Managing when ‘normal’ isn’t normal
Even though we are getting more glimpses of normality, it is apparent that how the agricultural industry operates will never be the same following COVID-19.
Early settlers fortunate to land on East Coast
Early settlers were fortunate to land on the East Coast of what is now the United States because of the richness of the New World's resources.
1950s farm matriarch set a high bar
Judith Sutherland remembers Mary Eileen Esselburn, who passed away last week at 91, as a remarkable, sweet soul.
