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Heavy equipment of any kind, new or used, is a major investment. Taking care of equipment results in fewer breakdowns during essential work, longer useful life and contributes to worker safety.
Whether the equipment is a farm tractor, skid
Why isn’t hemp in animal feed? That’s the question the National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHCA) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) discussed in a recent virtual meeting regarding overcoming challenges and gaining approval for
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Playing in the climate-smart sandbox has made for some strange bedfellows. What brought 70 projects and their “non-partisan,” happy grant writers together for a carbon-neutral future? $2.8 billion (yep, with a B). Guess that’s enough cash
In late July 2012, I visited the Cornell-sponsored Valatie Research Farm. That part of Columbia County, NY, had received less than a half-inch of rainfall between early June and the date of my visit. During that six-week moisture deficiency,
Nathaniel Richmond would be surprised to learn that the Erie County, NY farm he founded in 1837 is now seeing the seventh generation of the family milking cows on the same farm. If he met Leila Richmond, he’d be
Corn harvest is when many farmers are ready to drill cover crops into their fields. Cover crops offer an array of well-known benefits, including erosion control, weed suppression, increase in soil organic matter, increase in soil nitrogen (when using
Dr. Adrian Barragan, Penn State Extension veterinarian, said uterine diseases are among the most problematic diseases in dairy cows. Uterine diseases can cost both time and money, and there’s also potential for losing valuable genetics due to culling.
While
“The overall question we’re trying to answer is how we can use algae to reduce a cow’s carbon footprint,” said Dr. Nichole Price. Price is a marine ecologist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science and a professor of
Running a farm is not an easy job, as there are many tasks that must be done on a daily basis, and it’s important to not rely on one farmer to take care of it all. Not only are
At the beginning of my dairy/field crops Extension career, in 1973, I learned that ag educators can’t expect to have answers to all questions farmers might ask – but with some effort they can usually find experts to answer
