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Mechanical ventilation in tunnel- and cross-ventilated barns can be well worth the resources it requires to maintain a controlled, comfortable environment, but there are a few questions to be addressed:
Like many areas, pasture productivity in Virginia is inconsistent. More often than not, we have a glut of grass in spring which is hayed from pasture only to be fed out later in the year – as early as September in dry years.
In the field of science, new discoveries are constantly being achieved. The world of knowledge is growing broader, and new fields of study are being undertaken today that were never heard of just a few short years ago.
By the time you read this, “we the people” will have elected (and not happily, I might add) one more U.S. president. Some say voting is the ultimate exercise in democracy. However, it’s also been said, “You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” Volunteers are builders.
Tell us a little about your farm and past experience with agriculture.BUTTON: Our farm is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. I’m a fifth-generation farmer. My farm was started in 1872 on my mom’s side.
Nick Baker, agriculture agent (soil and crop science emphasis) at the University of Wisconsin Extension in Rock County, shared thoughts earlier this year on meadow fescue.
How many of you in the farming and ranching world consider yourself to be an “ecologist?” Loosely, Webster defines an ecologist as someone who seeks to better understand “the relationships between a group of living things and their environment.” So what does that mean for all of us in agriculture?
Congress has given farmers a variety of tools to manage income tax. In profitable years, managing sales and inventory combined with liberal use of income averaging, deferred payment contracts,
