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This year’s harvest lesson: Patience This year’s harvest lesson: Patience

Two Hearts, One Harvest: It’s been a roller-coaster growing season on Mike and Sheilah Reskovac’s farm.

byMike and Sheilah Reskovac

Nov 29, 2023|

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High-tech ag highlights Grow NY High-tech ag highlights Grow NY

Nov 28, 2023

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Check out corn silage trial data Check out corn silage trial data

Nov 27, 2023

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Keep your poinsettia going for longer Keep your poinsettia going for longer

byCarol Ann Gregg

Nov 24, 2023

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Waterhemp growing in a soybean field

What’s new with herbicides?What’s new with herbicides?

Nov 22, 2023

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Chris Hoffman, president of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau speaking into a microphone at a podium

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Aggie profile: Chris Hoffman Aggie profile: Chris Hoffman

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Contract	Last	Change	High	Low	Open	Last Trade
Mar 24 Corn	475.75	unch —	475.75	475	475.25	02:06 AM
Mar 24 Oats	362	-6.75	372.25	355	372	12:23 AM
Dec 23 Class III Milk	16.14	+0.03	16.15	16.14	16.15	01:02 AM
Jan 24 Soybean	1346.25	-0.75	1347.5	1343.75	1347	02:06 AM
Jan 24 Feeder Cattle	222.2	+1.15	223.575	220.1	221.55	11:21 PM
Dec 23 Ethanol Futures	2.161	unch —	2.161	2.161	2.161	10:37 PM

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Sows in individual pens on a farm

Will Prop 12 fix be in new farm bill?

Will Prop 12 fix be in new farm bill?

A pile of skinned deer in a meat processing faciliity

After the hunt, what comes next?

After the hunt, what comes next?

Dusty Kieffer holding a black container with crop samples near a grain cart and tractor in a field

On-farm testing is farmer’s passion

On-farm testing is farmer’s passion

A barn on the Trailside Organic Farm property

New bank barn anchors organic farm

New bank barn anchors organic farm

An embroidered winter scene in a wooden frame

Treasure your family memories

Treasure your family memories

byCarol Ann Gregg

There is hope out there

There is hope out there

A cornfield with severe damage

How farmer is dealing with ‘crazy weather’

How farmer is dealing with ‘crazy weather’

Pictured from left: Arlin Benner, Brenden Wolgemuth, Patrick Moran and Tony Brubaker

No bull, just pickleball

No bull, just pickleball

Shelby Watson-Hampton poses excitedly as she holds a copy of her book

It’s finally done!

It’s finally done!

byShelby Watson-Hampton

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Livestock/Dairy

Get grant to upgrade your value-added dairy

Get grant to upgrade your value-added dairy

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Not all chemicals store the same over winter

Not all chemicals store the same over winter

Holstein cattle eating hay out of a trough

Livestock/Dairy

How have New York dairies changed over 30 years?

How have New York dairies changed over 30 years?

Scott Mahloch speaking with two women at World Dairy Expo

Farm Operations

How vulnerable is ag to an attack?

How vulnerable is ag to an attack?

Paul Lippert, Laura Raatz and Nathan Wiese sitting on a panel at World Dairy Expo

Livestock/Dairy

Young farmers talk dairy’s future

Young farmers talk dairy’s future

Two farmworkers sorting through apples

Apple harvest is good — too good

Apple harvest is good — too good

A field of corn with dry plants ready for harvest

After slow start, good ending projected for field crops

After slow start, good ending projected for field crops

A herd of crossbred beef and dairy calves in a barn

Livestock/Dairy

Beef-on-dairy continues growing

Beef-on-dairy continues growing

A closeup of seeds falling into a container

Seed shopping time, Part II

Seed shopping time, Part II

Automatic colostrum bag fill station

Farming Equipment

World Dairy Expo highlights new technology

World Dairy Expo highlights new technology

Master Farmers make a difference

Master Farmers make a difference

A tractor spraying a cropfield

Conservation & Sustainability

Farms calculate benefits of planting green

Farms calculate benefits of planting green

byKara Lynn Dunn

A silhouette of a cowboy with his head down with a sunset in the background

Dreary days can get you down

Dreary days can get you down

byCarol Ann Gregg

Katie Schmitt, Gregg Doud and Pete Kappelman

With no House speaker, no farm bill in sight

With no House speaker, no farm bill in sight

Cows grazing in a field

Grazing corn residue? 4 factors to consider

Grazing corn residue? 4 factors to consider

A woven fence at the edge of a property line

Can you fence deer out of crop fields?

Can you fence deer out of crop fields?

Rear view of young farmers in workwear standing in aisle between cowsheds and having a discussion

Consultant grants available to Pa. dairies

Consultant grants available to Pa. dairies

A deer grazing on a soybean plot

When deer come to feed, sacrificing some plants may save others

When deer come to feed, sacrificing some plants may save others

Breaking beyond our walls

Breaking beyond our walls

Soybeans and corn kernels surrounding U.S. currency

Shopping for seed? Who owns what?

Shopping for seed? Who owns what?

Corn seed is falling into a planter hopper

It’s seed shopping time!

It’s seed shopping time!

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