I want to thank all the readers, who took the time to let me know that you also are the offspring of a “little Irish lady,” the main focus of a previous column. From what she always told us, there were very few in the region. Go figure. I also found it of interest how much alike our mothers …
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Grazing livestock on cropland can increase a producer’s overall profit while also improving their soil.
As a young girl, Kodi Abbott would hop on Polly, her favorite pony and ride the 2 miles to her grandma Inez’s house.
Equine Recurrent Uveitis (ERU) has been a condition known to horse owners since the early 1600s when it was termed “moon blindness.” Since then, this incurable disease has plagued hundreds of thousands of horses. Here’s what you need to know about this complicated disease.
Joe Fritzsche’s management method balances crop production and land conservation.
"I’m crying not from pain but because I have two pot loads of cattle that need to be in Ogallala for the sale the next morning, and now what?"
Equine Recurrent Uveitis (ERU) has been a condition known to horse owners since the early 1600s when it was termed “moon blindness.” Since then, this incurable disease has plagued hundreds of thousands of horses. Here’s what you need to know about this complicated disease.
Joe Fritzsche’s management method balances crop production and land conservation.
Dear Michael: You have talked about separate ways to move property through your estate without having to go through probate. Could you list each type and give the pros and cons of each alternative? – Different Strokes
"I’m crying not from pain but because I have two pot loads of cattle that need to be in Ogallala for the sale the next morning, and now what?"
While demand is still strong for the highest-quality farmland, prices appear to have plateaued for lesser-quality land.
There was plenty to deter early settlers along the Minnesota River valley in Nicolette County – from crop losses and scarlet fever to tensions with Native American neighbors. But members of Immanuel Lutheran made the church and Christian education a priority.
For the first time this month, the milk plant in Sioux Falls will be churning out a lactose free product.
Farming is not a game. Yet it was a game that saved the farm of George and Ann Rohrbacher. The Farming Game has sold more than 1 million copies since its debut the weekend before Thanksgiving 1979.
Warm spring weather has brought out the hunger in a tiny alfalfa pest.
Researchers are digging into the nutritional value of some lesser-known rangeland plants.
Environmental groups recently asked the federal government to intervene in northeast Iowa, where ag pollution is believed to have contaminated scads of private wells with unhealthy concentrations of nitrate.
"Speaking of yearling bulls, I am very, very pleased with them this year. This is by far the most uniform set that we’ve raised."
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In the days when I ran high-school track, a news story about another runner inspired me to try training on the farm in summer after the workday ended.
Later planting dates may be one way soybean growers can thwart the yield-robbing pest known as the soybean gall midge.
May is Beef Month across the nation, and both South Dakota Beef Industry Council and Minnesota Beef Council are taking part by highlighting delicious, juicy burgers.
The 40th annual Rangeland and 19th annual Soils Days for youth is set for June 12-13 in Watertown, South Dakota.
HOMINY, Oklahoma – Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook an almost-700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly lowered its horned head into the fence, resisting McKinney’s order to face the other way.
Corn exports remain seasonally strong, having averaged 58 million bushels per week over the last four weeks.
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