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Posted on July 2, 2025
That’s the title of Tom Kilcer’s June 2025 monthly newsletter, available at advancedagsys.com . Kilcer is a Certified Crop Advisor who served for 28 years as a field crops agent working for the Extension service in Columbia County, NY. He then managed the Cornell agronomy research farm in Valatie, N...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on June 25, 2025
Sisters Emily and Ashley Peckham are making a name for themselves in the local beef industry in and out of the show ring. The two established Trow Brook Farm to raise and sell beef to their community and exhibit high quality beef show cattle across New England. What started as a love for showing cow...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on June 25, 2025
That’s title of the article written by Heidi Roth that appeared June 16 on the Offrange website . The introductory paragraph reads, “In the Pacific Northwest, a region of the country known for abundant rainfall, decades of droughts and resource battles are forcing farmers to learn about ‘dry farming...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on June 18, 2025
Anne Ennis tells the story of her grandfather selling milk in glass bottles, door-to-door, to the local community. Since then, the Brooklyn, CT, dairy farm has undergone many changes. Today, Ennis is the sixth-generation sole operator of Kingswood Farm . “My family has owned the farm since 1894,” sa...
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Kristen M. Castrataro 
Posted on June 18, 2025
Typically, discussions about agricultural technology and mechanization focus on the financial costs of upgrading in relation to anticipated impacts on production, efficiency and income. Farmers, ag service providers and researchers are expanding that discussion to address how agricultural technology...
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Kelsi Devolve 
Posted on June 18, 2025
It is never too early to start planning for retirement, especially for Millennial farmers who have some success under their belts in the industry but still have plenty of years until retirement approaches. Michael Robertson, NY FarmNet farm business specialist, gave tips for retirement planning to M...
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Enrico Villamaino 
Posted on June 18, 2025
At the bustling 2025 International Dairy, Deli & Bakery Association (IDDBA) conference in New Orleans, industry insiders gathered to glean insights from Jonna Parker, principal and fresh foods client insights group industry expert with Circana . With a keen eye on consumer behavior and a pulse on pu...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on June 18, 2025
At a Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship virtual roundtable, Dan Gard, district sales manager at S&W Seed Co., recounted a heartbreaking childhood story related to prussic acid poisoning. Prussic acid is also called hydrocyanic acid or cyanide. Gard was 9, and it was his first year participating in 4-H. Th...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on June 18, 2025
Clare Alderink is the operations manager of a 3,000-cow dairy in Michigan, but his experience is relatable to any dairy of any size. Alderink recently discussed some of the technology used on the farm and explained what has worked – or not. He said the key to a farm’s success is the people who work ...
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