April 16, 2024
A three-story farmhouse with stone walls and a wrap-around porch sits at the heart of Springwood Organic Farm. It is where Dwight Stoltzfoos grew up, and it is where he and his wife, Brenda, are currently raising nine children of their own...


April 9, 2024
Will it head early? Will it head late?These two questions follow grass varieties around like a lost puppy. They get asked by grass breeders during development; they get asked by marketing departments...


March 26, 2024
Do fresh, newly planted pastures provide better nutritional quality for grazing livestock than older pastures?...


March 26, 2024
Drought is on farmers’ minds across Missouri and other states. Monthly precipitation has been below average 17 of the last 22 months in Columbia, Mo...


March 18, 2024
Several out-of-state license plates cruise through Moneta, Va., in the summertime as drivers head toward Smith Mountain Lake for a weekend getaway...


Feb. 24, 2024
One of the tools I have used to assist my grazing management decisions is the pasture inventory...


Feb. 24, 2024
In the northern United States, hayfields often consist of a single forage species like alfalfa, but single species pastures are somewhat rare...


Feb. 14, 2024
In the mixed hardwood forests of the eastern U.S., silvopasturing has struggled to take hold...


Dec. 12, 2023
Many states lit up the U.S. Drought Monitor in some shade of yellow, orange, or red this past year, especially in parts of the Midwest, the High Plains, and the South...


Nov. 27, 2023
Operating any dairy farm isn’t easy, but milking over 1,600 cows brings farm and employee oversight to an even greater level...