Teach livestock guardian dogs to use their imaginations
For Tarma Shena, patience is key in livestock guardian dog training. So is a dog's ability to entertain itself. Case in point: Punica and the squirrel
The ups and downs of making maple syrup
Julie Geiss shares tales from her grandpa's youth doing chores and making maple syrup on his family's farm, just north of Dorset, Ohio, about a century ago.
Make an obligation to conservation crop rotation
Crop rotation is a great way to amend the soil for a better harvest and can provide a multitude of benefits to your soil.
Manure nutrient management plans important for dairy farms
Learn to account for the nutrient value of livestock manure, develop a management plan for application and maintain appropriate records.
Name game
Kymberly Foster Seabolt makes a trip to the BMV to renew her license only to be surprised by the procedure.
Buy better bulls
In this week's Black Ink column, Miranda Reiman advises readers, "if you want better cattle, buy better bulls."
The odds on Prospective Plantings
One of the biggest make-or-break days of the year for the ag markets looms: On March 31, the USDA will issue its Prospective Plantings report.
Time to check your fence line
Keeping nuisance weeds out of the fence line is valuable to the structure of the fence and keeping the livestock safe.
Start of spring only comes once a year
Judith Sutherland shares some special moments from the first day of spring this year.
Marlin: Spring markets looking for news
With spring comes the traditional spring factors to influence grain prices. How many acres of corn and soybeans will we plant? What is our spring weather?
