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by Edith Tucker
LANCASTER, NH – Plans are being made for the 150th Lancaster Fair to take place over the long Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2 – 6.
The 13-member Lancaster Fair Board of Directors announced shortly after New
by Laura Rodley
Barry Nadon III started working with Jerseys in 2011, after going to the local county fairs with his family and seeing the dedicated farmers working with their animals. His dad, Barry Nadon Jr., had been a
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Managing harvest well can result in better quality and higher quantity of forage. Joe Lawrence, dairy forage systems specialist at Cornell University PRO-DAIRY, presented “Improving Harvest Management” as part of the 2021 Western New York
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Feed center operations represent a costly part of a farm’s budget that could be reduced if managed better.
Jason Karszes, senior Extension associate, Animal Science PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University, presented “Feed Center Operating Costs: Loading, Mixing
by Laura Rodley
Sixty-seven lots, or 67 calves, were having their coats clipped, hooves polished and were being beautified for the Massachusetts Blue Ribbon State Calf Sale 2021 that took place at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield on
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Want to save money on forage? Pasturing is the least expensive way to feed the herd; however, if a pasture is not well-managed, that decreases the pasture’s productivity. Dr. Mark Renz, University of Wisconsin Madison
by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Agricultural economist Robin Reid and farm analyst LaVell Winsor, both of Kansas State, delivered a joint presentation at the 2021 Women Managing the Farm Conference on “The Cost of Production and Crop Marketing.”
Reid presented first,
by Stephen Wagner
“You need not think of interviews as a debate,” Johnna Miller said at the outset of this topic presented by the American Dairy Association, “nor to butt heads with a reporter. That is not what interviews
by Hannah Majewski, UNH
In the heart of suburban Massachusetts, there’s a break in the houses and shopping malls. Shaw Farm is where the city meets country. The farm, located in Dracut, MA, was established in 1908 by current
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Want a greater winter wheat yield? Dennis Pennington, wheat systems specialist with Michigan State Extension, offered numerous tips during his presentation “Precision Planting in Winter Wheat” at the recent Soybean and Small Grains Congress.
Pennington
