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Monthly Archives: June, 2014

Five Minutes to a Better Understanding of Soil

We all know soil is important, but understanding it can take a lifetime. Here's five minutes of video that will get you a good ways down the road.

Good Stockmanship Makes All The Difference

This is the final excerpt in this series. Authors Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli conclude that investing in training for anyone handling and moving livestock is cheaper and more effective in the long run than trying to create and install expensive handling equipment that doesn't necessarily do the job.

Staying Ahead of Your Forage: Haying, Baleage and Grazing

Victor Shelton of the NRCS in Indiana puts out a monthly newsletter called "Grazing Bites." In the June issue he talks about what we can do to stay ahead of our forage when it's growing rapidly in the early grazing season.

Do You Have to Be Naked to Be the Boss?

This Dad is re-enacting conversations he has with his 2 year old daughter, with the help of a grown man. It makes for some...

Sweet Swine Success

As farmers and direct marketers, the Nottermans of Snug Valley Farm have expanded their existing pork production and marketing by 900% in the last...

Pastoral Icon or Wooly Menace? Are Sheep Destroying the Planet?

In a recent Opinion piece in the New YorkTimes (Pastoral Icon or Wooly Menace), author Richard Conniff describes British environmentalist George Monbiot's problem with...

The $20,000 House

We all need a place to call home. Here's how students and faculty from Auburn's "Rural Studio" program are creating new ways to make homes affordable for everyone.

Sell Your Products Without Leaving Home

Home Grown Cow is America’s first and only national online farmers’ market for meat, poultry, and cheese offering local pick-up or door-to-door delivery. Farmers list and price their products themselves. Customers shop for what they like, place an order, and Home Grown Cow takes care of the delivery.

When to Use Lime, Gypsum and Elemental Sulfur

So you got that soils report and you're trying to figure out what you need to do to make your soils work better for your forages. Lime helps release calcium for use by plants, but there are times when you shouldn't use it.

The Dangers of Methane

Well, we may not want too much of it in the atmosphere, but it does have to be released!

Tubs Vs. BudBoxes: BudBoxes Win!

You don't need to spend your hard earned cash on fancy facilities. Here Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli continue their analysis highlighting why inexpensive, easy to use BudBoxes make more sense than high dollar facilities.

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