Even lifelong hunters get sloppy. Comfort turns to complacency and a few small slip-ups can tank your entire season. The truth? Skill isn’t just about what you do, it’s also about what you avoid. Here are four common mistakes even seasoned hunters still make – and what to do instead – to stay at the...

Heather Darby, agronomic and soils specialist for University of Vermont Extension, has a “love/hate relationship with cover crops.” “It’s not always going to work out,” she said in her opening remarks presenting “Modifying Cropping Systems to Maximize Benefits from Cover Crops.” Darby spoke at the r...

In mid-August, Pecos Bill (aka Wild Bill), a fellow Cornell ag graduate, sought my advice for a particular cropping situation on his Chenango County dairy farm. He said they usually harvest two cuttings of sorghum, in mid-July and late August. But this year, starting wet, then turning dry most of su...