“He was light years ahead of other people,” Mike Crosley said. “I’m trying to do it just like him.”
- By Kylie Mockler of Centerville, S.D.
" I am fully moved back to college, and we are officially in full swing on the calving season."
Award-winning journalist and author Brent Olson returns with Neither Collar nor Crown: Part Two of King Harald's Dream, a sweeping historical novel that follows one act of defiance as it reverberates across cultures, continents, and the turbulent world of the fourteenth century.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Janelle Atyeo
Managing an around-the-clock silage harvesting operation has Crop Watcher Megan Horsager getting very little sleep lately.
- Katelyn Winberg
With silage chopping finished and soybean leaves beginning to turn, the transition from summer to fall is underway on Jade Jandel’s farm near Rockham, South Dakota.
- By Stan Wise, South Dakota Soil Health Coalition
For an agricultural operation to thrive, producers must sometimes look at the big picture and make decisions to benefit the long-term success of their farm or ranch. Changes made on a farm now might take years to realize their positive effects, but those changes can be crucial to the farm’s …
- By Stan Wise, South Dakota Soil Health Coalition
For an agricultural operation to thrive, producers must sometimes look at the big picture and make decisions to benefit the long-term success of their farm or ranch. Changes made on a farm now might take years to realize their positive effects, but those changes can be crucial to the farm’s …
- Jaclyn Wilson
"If he had “constructive criticism,” he also had to acknowledge the good work, too. That’s a struggle for most ranchers, it seems."
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
The observant cattleman or horseman look at every little detail when it comes to their livestock and horses. Swellings and asymmetries catch our eye quickly. Calcaneal bursitis or “capped hocks” are one of those that will make us all look twice. Here’s what you need to know.
As drought conditions continue to impact ranchers across the Northern Plains, Farm Rescue is launching Operation Hay Lift, an effort to help farm and ranch families secure the feed they need to care for their livestock.
- Janelle Atyeo
Crops around Montevideo, Minnesota, were maturing quickly, and for Megan Horsager’s haying crew, that meant preparing for a quick turnaround from chopping hay to chopping silage.
- By Susan Reiser, Tri-State Neighbor Correspondent
Music is big at this year’s Clay County Fair, and site work has the northwest Iowa fairgrounds ready to welcome visitors
- By Marie Flanagan, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Grace Place Farm & Gardens in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is proving that for small-scale producers, a well-placed farm store can be as helpful to the bottom line as a good farmers market.
- By Lauren Stanick, UNL Agronomy and Horticulture
As many seed industry professionals near retirement, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is training new recruits through its Seed Industry Scholars program.
- Sheri Poore
Here's a jump-start on a fresh batch of reader recipes, using the final hurrah of summer’s garden produce.
- Colleen Stegenga
There's a particular feeling that shows up on the farm every year around this time. The school supply lists start circulating, the light changes just slightly in the evenings, and somewhere in the back of my mind a quiet countdown begins: harvest is coming and summer is coming to an end.
- Amy Hadachek
The latest fall forecast brings good news for some areas of the drought-stricken Midwest.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
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- Jaclyn Wilson
"The older generation not only refused to have those discussions but also provided no thoughts on what the future could potentially look like. How discouraging."
- Michael Baron
Dear Michael: I have an unusual situation. Years ago, I came back to farm with my parents. At the time, they thought it would be a good idea to set up a life estate with me as the remainderman.
- By Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more imported ground beef into the country, saying it will help Americans shrink their grocery bills.
- Terry Woster
"When our youngest child left for college, I was prepared for the house to be a little quiet. I wasn’t prepared for the silence to fall over the house like a thick quilt."
- Jim Woster
"I remember piling into our house for a meal and at bedtime, sleeping wherever there was a spot, including on the floor."
- K-State Extension news service
K-State veterinarians look at the benefits of supplementing calf nutrition with the practice of creep feeding
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