Employees gather for yet another safety talk, anticipating boredom. Safety talks can be sleeper events, but when there’s injury or death on the farm, safety suddenly becomes the main conversation – for a short time. Incidents can be prevented by familiarizing employees and family members with farm s...

Produced by Lee Trade Shows, the upcoming Small Scale Forestry Expo is specifically for the landowner that has woodlots and wants to utilize them in a way that’s beneficial to both the planet and their pockets. These are woodland owners who prefer cleaner, smaller-scale processing versus clear-cutti...

A soft-eyed, long eared equine that that brays and whuffles instead of whinnying appeals to just about everyone. Dr. Carissa Wickens, equine Extension specialist and professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, explained that while donkeys are equines, they are not the same...

Join other forward-thinking graziers at the National Grazing Lands Coalition (NatGLC) 2026 “Ultimate Northeast Grazing School,” hosted by John Burns’s Evermore Farms, 8475 Morgan Creek Rd., Lindley, NY, Sept. 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For the great value of only $50 for both days, the school feat...

Well-planned farm tours can be mutually beneficial for schoolchildren and the farms they visit. Students gain insight into where their food comes from, and the experience builds a foundational understanding of why farms matter to their communities. Farms are also a great place to reinforce STEM (sci...

The Saharan air layer (SAL), often called Saharan dust, consists of sand, dirt and other dust lifted into the atmosphere from North Africa’s vast desert. This dust is carried in the African (atmospheric) waves, which push westward into the Atlantic Ocean. SAL is a well-mixed dry pocket of air usuall...

The Hardy Farm, a 400-acre longtime organic family farm in Farmington, Maine, switched to selling its milk directly to Stonyfield Organic on Aug. 1, 2025. The Hardy Farm has been a certified organic dairy farm since October 2003, shipping first to Horizon Organic and later to Organic Valley. Hoping ...

The U.S. bird population has been declining by the millions for several decades. Thankfully, there is a growing interest in managing sugarbushes as an ecological support for our diverse bird populations. Steve Hagenbuch, the lead on the national Audubon Bird-Friendly Maple program , shared ideas of ...

Your farm’s story can help promote agriculture. Considering that most Americans are at least two generations removed from agriculture, it’s more important than ever to help connect the public to your livelihood and way of life. Dr. Michelle Schack, dairy veterinarian and online educator known as @Da...