USDA has announced its decision on Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office consolidations proposed in January. In total, FSA will consolidate 125 of the 131 offices originally proposed for consolidation with other USDA service centers. The move is consistent with provisions of the 2008 farm bill. The six proposed county offices that will continue operating are: Lafayette County, Arkansas; Boulder County, Colorado; St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; Pamlico County, North Carolina; Mayes County, Oklahoma; and York County, South Carolina.

My husband and I recently returned from a visit to the island of Puerto Rico. I’m not much of a world traveler and that isn’t a place I ever really imagined myself going, but when I heard that the 66th Southern Pasture & Forage Crop Improvement Conference (SPFCIC) was to be held in this tropical paradise, I decided I needed to try and work it into my show schedule for this year.

Stockpiled forage is forage allowed to grow and accumulate for use at a later time or during a period of forage deficit.

Corn silage is king when it comes to dairy cattle rations. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the U.S. produced more than 108 million tons of corn silage in 2011. Unfortunately, a large portion of this silage is lost to shrink year after year. Read More

In less time than it would have taken to find an actual dictionary somewhere in the house, I found on-line the Merriam-Webster definition of “trophy.”

“There is a lot you can tell about a person just by looking at their shoes.” If this saying is really true, I believe there is a lot you can tell about mechanics by looking at their shops.