Country Folks
Posted on December 17, 2025
"More than 70% of cyber attacks are aimed at businesses with less than 100 employees. "They’re not going for the big guys because the big guys can afford the big cybersecurity firms,” said IRS employee Sheba Gonzalez. At an event hosted by USDA, Gonzalez and her colleagues, all IRS specialists in ta...
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by Sally Colby 
Posted on December 17, 2025
When Dr. Jennie Ivey was doing graduate work at West Virginia University in 2008, she saw many emaciated horses and became interested in what happens in horses’ bodies during reduced nutrient intake. Today, Ivey, associate professor of animal science at the University Tennessee, helps teach horse ow...
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by Lia Raz, American Farmland Trust 
Posted on December 17, 2025
Over the past five years, seven Vermont dairy farmers have participated in a farmer cohort facilitated by Cheryl Bruce, senior livestock & grazing specialist at American Farmland Trust (AFT), with support from the Dairy Business Innovation Center (DBIC). What started as a two-year pilot grew into a ...
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Crop Comments
Posted on December 17, 2025
Occasionally the bottom drops out, temperature-wise, in Central New York during the last week of November. Three or four years ago, Thanksgiving Day in our area saw the mercury drop to -25º F. Fortunately, most places had already been blessed with at least a half-foot of protective snow, but it turn...
Courtney Llewellyn 
June 1, 2026
In northwest Illinois, where fields flatten into horizon and seasons set the pace of life, Selmi’s Greenhouse & Family Farm stands as both a working f...
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by Andy Haman 
June 1, 2026
Play is important for children of all ages, and children’s play areas can become an integral part of your agritourism operation – but these spaces mus...
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by Sally Colby 
June 1, 2026
Jared Hughes’s entry into the plant and greenhouse business happened naturally. During college, he propagated succulents on his parents’ property and ...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
June 1, 2026
At the most recent Cultivate Conference , growers packed together to soak up smart strategies on a deceptively simple subject: watering. In a session ...