Day includes roundtable discussing transitioning farms to a new generation of producers Pennsylvania's Agricultural Land Preservation Board safeguarded 2,509 additional acres on 32 farms in 16 counties...
Congressman Reid Ribble was clear that the phosphorus summit he recently organized was meant to move beyond finger pointing and towards collaborative solutions. "Unfortunately, subsequent media reports...
Results of Ten-Year Partnership Show Increased Standard of Living in Poor, Rural Communities Pfizer Animal Health and The Resource Foundation announced today the expansion of a comprehensive...
by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor Record milk checks received by U.S. dairy producers was a principal reason that the smallest number of dairy famers left the dairy business since tracking of commercial...
UW-Discovery Farms recently hosted their annual winter conference titled, "Managing Nitrogen: More for the Plant, Less Leaving the Field." This year's event brought together more than 100 farmers, crop...
Global warming or not, the world's climate is changing. In the United States, greater variability in precipitation patterns, more pronounced differences in weather between regions, and rising average temperatures...
The National Milk Producers Federation today joined 41 other agricultural organizations in urging Congress to restore a tax code provision that allows small businesses, including farms, to write off capital...
FARM Program Gets New Administrator As Emily Meredith Joins NMPF as VP of Animal Care The board of directors of the National Milk Producers Federation voted Monday to require that each dairy marketing...
AGCO Shares Tips to Winterize Tractors and Hay Equipment As a successful harvest wraps up, many farmers are turning their attention to next spring, making decisions on fertilizer, crop rotations and seed...
The dairy industry is quickly evolving around the nation. That also includes the Northeast. In May 2006, farms that sold over 1.5 million pounds per month represented a mere 13.5 percent of the region's...
Michael Doyle, president and CEO, announced the promotion of two individuals to his executive leadership team. Doyle began his new job on Oct. 1, following the retirement of Dave Fuhrmann. "The future...
Gypsum, which has roots in the past as a farm soil treatment, also may have a bright future, and not just as a booster of crops but also a protector of water. Warren Dick, a scientist in Ohio State University's...
Fall is the ideal time of year to conduct routine soil sampling of your cropland according to Kim Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension's Nutrient & Pest Management (NPM) Program. Not only are...
Join us at Sunset Farms, Inc. on Thursday, August 28th for an ACE On-the-Farm Twilight Meeting Open to the public. Bring your local elected officials. ACE (Agricultural Community Engagement™) invites...
The Foremost Farms USA® board of directors has selected Michael Doyle as president and chief executive officer of the cooperative. Doyle will succeed David Fuhrmann, who will retire at the end of 2014....
The White House on Friday released a Biogas Opportunities Roadmap highlighting the economic and environmental benefits and potential for biogas systems in the U.S. According to the Roadmap, biogas systems...
Foremost Farms USA®, Baraboo, Wis., and Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), Novi, Mich., announced today that the two cooperatives have formed a strategic alliance for the purpose of balancing...
The Professional Dairy Managers of PA (PDMP) is hosting it's second ‘Summer Summit' on August 7, 2014; this time at Yippee Farms in Mt Joy in Lancaster County. Yippee Farms, operated by Arlin Benner...
The National Milk Producers Federation today asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw recent guidance concerning when farmers must seek Clean Water Act permits for a long list of normal...
Processed Dairy Products Not High-Risk Foods, According to NMPF Efforts to impose added regulations on dairy farms under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) are not warranted because milk leaving...
